Social Problems
pay for medical care."
Homeless persons often find it difficult to document their date of birth or
their address. Because homeless people usually have no place to store
possessions, they often lose their belongings, including their identification and
other documents, or find them destroyed by police or others. Without a photo
ID, homeless persons cannot get a job or access many social services. They can
be denied access to even the most basic assistance: clothing closets, food
pantries, certain public benefits, and in some cases, emergency shelters.
Obtaining replacement identification is difficult. Without an address, birth
certificates cannot be mailed. Fees may be cost-prohibitive for impoverished
persons. And some states will not issue birth certificates unless the person has
photo identification, creating a Catch-22.
This problem is far less acute in countries which provide free-at-use
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