A charity organization in New York helps homeless people get back to normal life.

Created in the year 1990, Doe Fund has helped thousands find themselves on the streets of New Yorkers back to normal, or at least make the attempt.

Most of them left in the street because of addiction to alcohol and drugs. The fates of these people, at first glance so different, are in many ways similar.

In the 40 years Steven Segarra manager lost his job in the retail trade, marriage, family and a roof over his head. The reason for this was severe alcohol abuse. Once on the street, he added drugs to alcohol. Steven spent the night in the subway stations, parks and roofs of buildings. From time to time he found himself in homeless shelters, where, as a rule, he did not stay long.

One day, according to Segarra, was able to break this vicious circle. Stephen walked over to the man in the blue jumpsuit cleaning the streets of Manhattan. He told him about the program of assistance to the homeless, which implements the organization Doe Fund. Six months later, Stephen Segarra became one of the participants in this program, he had a job and a haven, albeit a temporary one.

Doe Fund offers rehabilitation programs and assistance to the homeless for the duration of 9 and 12 months. The participants get a job, doing the cleaning of city streets, and wages reaching 8,95 dollars an hour (the minimum wage in New York today is 8,75 dollar per hour). They are also provided with modest housing and food. Working as a minimum, 30 hours a week, they give 100 of dollars every week for accommodation and meals. Thus, the organizers of the project imitate real life with its daily duties.

If they cope with work and do not return to bad habits, then after a year, program participants will receive experience and recommendations. For many of them, this means a chance to return to normal life.

The New York City Council voted to hire Doe Fund workers to clean the streets of the metropolis. The majority of deputies - 26 people - spoke in favor. About $766 is allocated from the budget for these purposes annually.