Project H.O.M.E.

Project HOME is a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization[1] that provides housing, opportunities for employment, medical care and education to homeless and low-income persons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The mission of the Project HOME community is "to empower adults, children, and families to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty, to alleviate the underlying causes of poverty, and to enable all of us to attain our fullest potential as individuals and as members of the broader society".

[2] Project HOME works to achieve this mission through a continuum of care, which provides individuals a range of supportive services suited to their particular degree of self-sufficiency.

Their work together began in the winter of 1988, when they opened a temporary shelter in a vacant recreation center donated by the City of Philadelphia benefitting chronically homeless men.

[5] Project HOME gained national recognition for its four-year political and legal battle to open a residence for formerly homeless individuals at 1515 Fairmount Avenue.

[6] As the case continued in the court system, Project HOME undertook substantial acts of advocacy to attract media attention including community petitions and a vigil outside the Mayor's office that ended in 23 arrests for civil disobedience.

[18] Opened in December 2003, the Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs is a 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m2) educational facility in North Central Philadelphia featuring 225 computers, high-tech meeting spaces and Smart Boards in each classroom.

[23] Project HOME's work has been recognized as a model for ending homelessness by news organizations across the country including The New York Times,[24] the San Francisco Chronicle,[25] The Denver Post,[26] and The Philadelphia Inquirer.