Episode 73 is a conversation with Andrew Linares, Volunteer Manager at the Midnight Mission, a non-profit organization which helps homeless individuals in Southern California. With only five executive managers throughout its 100-year history, it is known to be the most efficient direct service operation in the country.

Chapters:

0:00 Meals for the homeless

01:57 What differentiates Midnight Mission

04:24 How does the shelter operate

06:02 Housing-first approach and SRO (single room occupancy)

07:26 Nonprofit resource allocation - how do they spend money?

09:35 Midnight mission services

12:40 Program for drug addicts-12-steps and personal autonomy

18:22 What to do about street camping

20:17 How to deal with homelessness on a policy level

26:50 Harm reduction policies

28:45 Nonsensical government funding programs

33:39 Jobs for homeless people

36:04 What is the government doing wrong and how they can improve

38:46 Prop47 and AB109

40:46 History of Midnight Mission and homelessness

44:03 Hiring previously homeless people

45:45 Collaboration with rehabs and evaluation of results

50:00 Advice to the government

Guest links:

Andrew's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreslinares2015

Midnight Mission website: https://www.midnightmission.org

Think with Lucie links:

https://www.youtube.com/@thinkwithlucie

https://twitter.com/thinkwithlucie

https://www.instagram.com/thinkwithlucie