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Most homeless people can get food, at least in the United States. It's possible that he had other needs that he didn't have easy access to otherwise.

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The state I live in is pretty harsh, if you are not working you cannot get SNAP unless a doctor signs off that you are disabled, so that leaves the foodbank (requires resources to travel) and religious operations.

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