The Doe Fund is a nonprofit organization in the United States that provides paid transitional work, housing, educational opportunities, counseling, and career training to people with histories of homelessness, incarceration, and substance abuse. The Doe Fund runs Ready, Willing & Able, a "work first" program contracted to New York City; the program aims to secure permanent housing and employment for the homeless and to break the cycles of homelessness, addiction and criminal recidivism. The Doe Fund was founded in 1985 by George T. McDonald during a sharp rise in homelessness in New York City. McDonald, an executive in the private sector at that time, began by distributing food to homeless people on the floor of Grand Central Terminal for 700 consecutive nights. McDonald later recalled people telling him "'…this is a great sandwich, but I really wish I had a room to stay in and a job to pay for it.' People wanted to work, and I wanted to help." George McDonald's beliefs differ from many other homeless activists; he is more conservative and places an emphasis on putting the homeless to work, a philosophy referred to as "work-first." More information...
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