article_snippet.sent: The 62-year-old had all of John Helinski personal identification stolen - so struggled to apply for a place at a homeless shelter.
article_snippet.sent: John Helinski then tried to apply for a place at a homeless shelter, but struggled because all of his personal identification had been stolen .
article_snippet.sent: DACCO Case Manager Charles Inman told the Florida station: 'DACCO Case Manager Charles Inman needed to have an identification, but we couldn't get an identification without a birth certificate. '
article_snippet.sent: We first had to figure out that We needed a consular record of foreign birth or something like that.'
article_snippet.sent: Helinski was born in Poland, but Helinski is an American citizen, has a driver's licence and a social security number.
highlights_snippet.sent: John Helinski applied for homeless housing, but struggled as John Helinski had no identification .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: no identification had all been stolen years earlier - virtually forcing John Helinski onto the streets .
  