On: Homeless Millennials Are Transforming Hobo Culture

[sosuke]

Don't give to a single person, give to a food bank, donate money or time to a shelter. If a single person asks you tell them where you give all your donations and they are welcome to go.

[DenisM → sosuke]

That's right. If your city has visible homeless population, it also has shelters, soup kitchens, churches that help them, etc.

Donate to some of those organizations, and only ever hand out the list of all places where to get food/shelter/counseling.