the street where our mobile psychiatric and medical teams reach out to homeless people where they are struggling to survive.

Once connected, we can then help people move into a range of treatmentl programs, including ones that help residents achieve sobriety or learn to manage their mental illness. From there, we help people prepare for, find, and keep good jobs: we have created an unprecedented breadth and depth of employment programs and opportunities for men and women once considered unemployable. The crucial last element in this progression is providing clients with housing, completing their return to self-sufficient life in the community.

Our strategy for helping hard-to-reach New Yorkers evolved to meet clients' complex and intertwined needs - needs which we address by integrating and coordinating services and programs within a single organization. Clients also report that looking forward to the tangible next steps - particularly employment and housing - sustains their motivation.

All of Project Renewal's programs are based on a philosophy of personal responsibility and mutual respect among clients and between staff and clients. The Project Renewal philosophy also emphasizes employment and development of good work habits as the means for rebuilding clients' self-esteem and nurturing a sense of self-discipline.

Having helped thousands of indigent New Yorkers renew their lives, Project Renewal is proud to be regarded as one of the nation's most respected organizations working on behalf of homeless people. This was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which honored us with the John J. Gunther Blue Ribbon Best Practices Award for excellence in community outreach and management. With a staff of nearly 600 - of whom over 35% are formerly homeless clients - we reach out to more than 10,000 homeless men and women each year.

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