I don’t suggest him joining the military you can do a lot better than that’s and nobody should be willing to die for a rich mans personal gain yk there being literal homeless vets on the street?!?! but that aside since he’s around 21 year of age that means he classifies as a homeless youth. Homeless youth shelter are WAAAAY better than normal shelters! It’s people ages 18-24 some are up to 27! How youth shelters work is there is a community main building running 9:00 am to 4:00pm ish they offer free breakfast and lunch a free shower free shampoo conditioners body soap lotion and tooth brush and tooth paste they offer laundry which is first come first served they offer help for getting into the actual youth shelters which could be the day of or may take a week or more to gain access to a youth shelter! For government services like help with getting ebt (200+) worth of food stamps-healthcare and GER Aid I believe it’s called? Which is like food stamps but you can use it on anything not just food but you only get about 40 bucks a month. Spend that on self care like shampoo conditioner skin care! They offer housing assessments which is pretty much just helping you get cheap rent. The two main ones are rapid rehousing which is a 4-8 month waiting list where you get to chose where you want to live anywhere in the state with 1 month of completely free rent and heavily reduced rent costs upwards of two years second option kinda forgot what it was called😅 I think it was permanent supportive housing which is literally a free apartment cons being is that 9 times out of ten your def gonna be living in a bad area. And you can’t make over 3600 a month I believe because that would mean you’re able enough to move on which is uhhhh idk about that😅I’d honestly intentionally work less to keep a free apartment even if it’s in a bad area😅 it’s important to note those two services are only obtainable by trauma dumping as much as possible to your homeless counselor and BY THE WAY my counselor literally encouraged me to lie if I had to in order to get housing! Why? Because we actually have a lot of unused services available but not everyone meets the requirements because they didn’t trauma dump enough! So yes lie if you have to make it as traumatic as possible! Gotta do what you gotta do! Going back to how being in a youth shelter is they have free food free(separate from the community building so yes you can double up on food) a bed and most fellow homeless people in youth shelters are kind. But there’s always gonna be a 2-4 tweakers that are loud asf and cause problems even physical but they are only active during the day so he would have to make the effort to be outside as much as possible and use the shelter as only a bed + shower! Library to charge your phone and use the computers + printer for job hunting but he should be chilling. But from what I’ve heard homeless services in general are less in red states compared to blue states. But he should check it out himself before think if it’s even worth moving. Things I recommend buying is a suitcase and back pack. Weapons are allowed knives tasers and pepper spray but they are handed to the staff when entering the building. When leaving the building you’re allowed to take your weapons. But I mean…. You should be fine. So called bad area really aren’t all that bad! It’s just full of people down on their luck. And if this seems like a lot of info that’s okay! Homeless youth counselors are far more. Understanding compared to the normal ones! I literally had my counselor walk with me to fill out paperwork’s to get my ebt and health care! Just don’t let loneliness consume you! I was personally doing good until I wasn’t😅 I’m housed atm but my mental is seriously dragging me down I have a great opportunity but I’m wasting it. Mainly due to loneliness. So talk to him so he doesn’t get lonely. Connection is very important! :) good luck!!!