Solutions at Work

The organization envisions a greater boston where homeless and poor people have the resources, opportunities and partners needed to achieve self-sufficiency. The organization serves approximately 6,000 people living in poverty annually. The organization's programs provide the following resources because countless local homeless people have told the organization time and again that these are precisely things they need to get their lives back on track. Shelterthe organization manages a homeless shelter for men and women to ease the burdens of the city's unhoused population. The organization also runs an evening meals program for unhoused individuals five days a week.children's clothing, books, toysthe homeless and low-income parents that participate in the organization's children's clothing exchange trade their children's outgrown items for age-appropriate clothing, books and toys.business attirethe organization's popular Solutions wear program provides free interview-appropriate clothing and accessories to men and women who are enrolled in area job-training programs.professional developmenthalf of the organization's employees have experienced homelessness. These team members receive on-the-job training and professional development to advance the organization's mission and become more financially stable, self-confident and employable in the process.