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So what does housing Maine’s homeless have to do with homeland security?

By WDavidStephenson | October 4, 2007

A new study in Maine shows that the state will actually save money by providing housing for the homeless (because of reduced costs for emergency room treatment, social services, etc.). I remember NPR ran a story earlier this year about similar — counter-intuitive — findings in LA.

So what, pray tell, does housing the homeless have to do with homeland security?

Plenty!

We need to take a systems approach to homeland security, as I’ve argued on numerous occasions in the past, just as authorities are now doing with a number of social ills:    CONTINUED….

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