Provide housing first. Then offer the services needed to maintain self-sufficiency. That’s the new strategy of the Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness. The committee’s program, called SafeHome Philadelphia, is guided by the “Housing First” strategy.

Imagine a day when all the services homeless people need are available under one roof.

Each morning, 26-year-old Anne Mahlum would run by Philadelphia's Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, regularly exchanging smiles with the men staying at the shelter.