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“THE DOE FUND IS ON THE FRONT LINES.”

“THE DOE FUND IS ON THE FRONT LINES.”

- THE NEW YORK TIMES

“THE DOE FUND IS AN EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS. EMBRACING THE LESSONS FROM THE DOE FUND WILL HELP US BUILD A BETTER APPROACH TO BATTLING POVERTY.”

“THE DOE FUND IS AN EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS. EMBRACING THE LESSONS FROM THE DOE FUND WILL HELP US BUILD A BETTER APPROACH TO BATTLING POVERTY.”

- ARTHUR BROOKS, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

“READY, WILLING & ABLE… IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING WE WANT IN ALL OF OUR CITIES.”

“READY, WILLING & ABLE… IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING WE WANT IN ALL OF OUR CITIES.”

- CONGRESSMAN FRENCH HILL (R – ARKANSAS)

“THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY EXTENDS TO THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES…IT REVERBERATES INTO THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES.”

“THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY EXTENDS TO THE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES…IT REVERBERATES INTO THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES.”

- NBC NEWS

“THIS IS THE DIRECTION NEW YORK CITY NEEDS TO GO.”

“THIS IS THE DIRECTION NEW YORK CITY NEEDS TO GO.”

- NEW YORK POST EDITORIAL BOARD

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Since 1990, we have helped over 23,000 homeless and formerly incarcerated men rebuild their lives.

The Doe Fund was founded on a simple premise: work works.

Creating pathways to self-sufficiency and independence is at the heart of everything we do. Since 1985, The Doe Fund’s innovations in social services have transformed the lives of tens of thousands of people with histories of homelessness, incarceration, poverty, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS.

MEET THE MEN IN BLUE

Since 1985, The Doe Fund has helped bring more than 25,000 success stories to life. Read some of them below, and view more here.
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Terrance C.

A childhood spent in foster care led this man into a life of crime and substance abuse. Now he’s getting his Master’s Degree at NYU. Read his story.

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Michael T.

Decades behind bars kept him away from his family. After going through our program, he became the father figure they could look up to. Read his story.

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Johnny B.

His first contact with the criminal justice system was at 12 years old. After a decade in and out of prison, he found The Doe Fund. Read his story.

THE DOE FUND AT A GLANCE

230

out of 400 Doe Fund employees are graduates of Ready, Willing & Able

82

cents of every dollar donated is spent on our programs

250,000,000

dollars earned by the ``men in blue``