DHI works with adults and young people to address their immediate needs of homelessness, poverty and drug addiction. At the same time DHI tackles the root causes and consequences of these needs; people rarely suffer with a single issue such as a drug problem or homelessness and so DHI works with the individual not the label to bring about long term change. Key to our work is to reduce people's dependence from the welfare state, health and care services, or charity services such as our own.