Over this past year we have simplified our message – food shelter hope – the basics for people in need coupled with the belief that there is a brighter future on the other side of homelessness.  We work every day to make the connections between and among services so that homeless individuals can focus on what they need to do to change their situations.  We haven’t perfected the process.  Even our very experienced social workers and medical staff have difficulty maneuvering all of those disparate systems.  But we keep working at it because we know that while systems may often fail, people rise to the occasion and provide support and help for each other.