You are paining with too wide a brush. I worked for six years at the Sunnyslope (Phoenix) House of Refuge. It was working man’s shelter that was Christian, clean, sober, and required attendance at AA meetings. It was affiliated with a Mennonite church, even though few of us were actually Mennonite.
The first two year that I volunteered there was to provide nightly Bible study training. The next two years, I ran the Bible study training arranging for the instructors. I was also on the Board of Directors. The last two years, I was President of the board of directors.
My sister bought a house for them to be used for a similar program for single mothers with children.
BTW: We never took government money!
There was an idea floating about a few years ago where some philanthropic groups had as a grant requirement that the recipients demonstrate achievement of their goals. No success...no money.
The brain dead idiots, who control government purse strings, obliviously give out money to any group who makes a good sales pitch...carte blanche...any smart crook is gonna’ tap that reservoir of cash and ignorance.
Interesting that you never mention all of the relapses that you witnessed.