Long Shut Out of Federal Funding, Faith-Based Homeless Missions See Window of Opportunity

Long Shut Out of Federal Funding, Faith-Based Homeless Missions See Window of Opportunity

Three years ago, Tracy Paquette landed in a Southern California jail for petty theft and resisting arrest. “No big deal, I’ve got a litany of criminal cases,” he thought at the time. “I was in the holding cell, plotting how I might get another drink and some drugs. I had advanced into methamphetamine by then.” He was also thinking about what he could steal and where to sell it, he told The Epoch Times. “I’ve got networks everywhere. So I had a p…