I was down on my luck and was told they would help...

I was down on my luck and was told they would help me out. They require you however to fill out a form saying you looked for work every day. Most people just lie and make things up.

I had a court appearance my third day there, and decided to be honest and on the form said I had been in court so could not look for work. Was called in to see a case worker, explained what I had done that day, gave them a printout from the court verifying that.

An hour later was told I had to leave, I could not stay because I did not look for work. So much for my being honest and going to court instead of just lying like everybody else did.

Several months later I decided to try and "pay it forward" when I got work and housing again by bringing in some of my old clothes (mostly suits and dress shirts that no longer fit) so others could use them. They refused the donation, and instead asked me to donate cash.