The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. (1)_____, homelessness has reached such proportions that local government can’t possibly cope. To help homeless people toward independence, the federal governments must support job training programs, raise the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing. Not everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are (2)______. Estimates range anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. Although the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is increasing. One of the federal government’s studies (3)______ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade. Finding ways to assist this growing homeless population has become (4)_____ difficult. Even when homeless individuals manage find a (5)_____ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day (6)_____ the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are (7)_____ to alcohol or drug. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental (8)_____. Many others, while not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday survival skills needed to turn their lives around. Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are (9)_____ programs that address the many needs of the homeless. As Edward Zlotkowshi, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, puts it, “ There has to be (10)_____ of programs. What we need is a package deal. ” (A)increasingly (B) disorders (C) shelter (D) dramatically (E) discovers (F) predicts (G) homeless (H) Furthermore (I) dwelling (J) comprehensive (K) Indeed (L) addicted (M) coordination (N) indulged (O) wandering