The key to The Doe Fund’s success at addressing homelessness and recidivism is our Work Works model—which focuses not just on providing housing, but combining it with paid work, career training, and supportive services.
There can be no racial justice without economic justice. We must help those who have been excluded from the mainstream economy—people of color, low wage workers, people who have experienced homelessness or incarceration—achieve upward mobility.
To end the cycle of homelessness and recidivism, America must pass criminal justice reforms that end mass incarceration, alongside investing in community-based solutions that address the root causes of crime: poverty, lack of opportunity, mental illness, and substance abuse.