Project H.O.M.E.

Project H.O.M.E. works for justice in Philadelphia by enabling homeless people to get a fresh start. They even provide adult education and employment offices to allow their members to one day get a solid career. They include temporary charitable works as well, such as providing temporary shelter or aiding with medical care. However, their goal planning center and education office paves the way for a long lasting effect. I think the factor that sets this center apart from the “typical homeless shelter” is their employment services. This better model allows the homeless to one day have a new job with a solid income. With a fully staffed team to find Philadelphia job openings, the members of Project H.O.M.E. will have the same opportunities a college or high school student would. They will have a personal counselor to assist them in confusing areas and prepare them for the career world. Without learning proper interview skills, it can be hard to land a job. The suffering can now relearn proper techniques to get the career they’ve always dreamed of. They even provide art classes as part of training. The employment services and education department is the unit that actually ends the homeless cycle. Once people are homeless, they tend to fall into a repressed cycle of being temporarily back on their feet and then falling into old habits again. Project H.O.M.E. truly does justice, not charity, because of their ability to provide the life lasting career effects. Their website shows the many people who have benefited through these services. While medical care and shelter are definitely helpful, I believe the employment/education department is the most important program. Their three employment offices can search for the perfect job matches for individual people. By allowing people to set goals they can strive for, their lives may be changed for good. H.O.M.E gives the suffering people of Philadelphia the boost they need to truly rewrite their life path.