Services that act as bridges into community make long-term recovery more likely. Progress out of homelessness isn’t only about opening doors, but about making sure people can walk through them. People experiencing homelessness need someone to stand beside them—with honesty, belief, and consistent presence. The ChallengeIf relationships and community are so central to recovery, why aren’t they already embedded across homelessness systems? Perhaps most fundamentally, we’ve created a category called “homeless services,” as if people who are experiencing homelessness need something completely different.