A couple nights a week, I'm at the office when the janitor comes through. He's a personable guy. We chat.

He's a vet, having done a couple tours in the sandbox - Desert Storm, Desert Shield, etc.. He's also a former police officer, with a degree in criminal justice. On top of that, he's into graphic and web design, working with Adobe Illustrator, and such.

And he's living in a piece of [censored], barely running, 1995 Mercedes C-class with a buddy.

I had no idea.

He's got a badge and on the police reserves, but that doesn't pay anything and they never call him.
He's interviewed for a couple graphic/web design jobs, but they tell him - without a degree in it - they're looking for a college student.

If he gets a job too far from where he and his buddy (who owns the car, has a small retirement, and plans on bailing the minute he lands a job) sleep at night (behind a grocery store, parked by the dumpsters), he's got no real way to get to work. Dude with the car was his roommate, but decided he didn't want to sign a lease because he's planning on moving out of state or something, so they had to move out.

Dude just told me this was 45 days ago and he hasn't had a shower or slept in a real bed in 3 weeks. He's trying to sleep in the passenger seat of a worn out C-class. Since the backseat is full of clothes and such. He's using wet-naps to clean himself up.

Again, I had no idea.

I don't know what I hope to achieve by posting this, but you guys have always been super helpful to me. Not like we can just magically make an old, reliable D50 with a camper shell materialize out of thin air, but maybe somebody here knows somebody who needs a security guard, graphic designer, or even long term handy man or something.

This guy deserves a step up. And it's clear to me he's willing to earn it. Would be super awesome if posting this somehow got him out of the car, maybe a $7-$10/hr job, a chance to stretch out in an actual bed at night and catch a hot shower in the morning to feel like he hasn't been completely discarded.

Open to any ideas, leads, anyone here might have.

Thanks.