We're Ending Homelessness. Join Us!
Friendship Place is the premier provider of housing services for people experiencing homelessness in the Washington DC region. Our innovative, customized, person-focused programs produce demonstrative and lasting results. We empower our participants to rebuild their lives, find homes, get jobs and reconnect with friends, family and the community, permanently.
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Mayor Bowser at the One-Year Anniversary of the Brooks
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Friendship Place during the one-year anniversary celebration of the Brooks Short-Term facility for families experiencing homelessness. Speakers during the event also included the Brooks family,…
Community
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF HOMELESS SERVICES: HOW MEDICAID IS DRIVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN DC’S FIGHT TO END HOMELESSNESS
You can find the link to the original article here. This year, the Partnership has been working to support nonprofit PSH providers as they transition to Medicaid billing. Our partnership…
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Friendship Action Network
Thousands of people in DC use housing vouchers. How much should they be worth?
Read what Friendship Place’s Lynn Amano says about rent reasonableness controls. By Annemarie Cuccia on Oct 20, 2022 Last updated Nov 6, 2022 People using housing vouchers in DC spent this past summer in limbo….
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Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunity at The Brooks!
VOLUNTEER POSITION DESCRIPTION Friendship Place – The Brooks PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION: The Homework Club at The Brooks provides resident students with access to reference tools, technology, and volunteers who…
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Your Donation Helps End Homelessness!
Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2020, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 2,664 people, including 606 children in families and 661 veterans. We empowered 200 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to get jobs through innovative, state-of-the-art job placement services. Friendship Place's programs collectively served a total of 3,432 people in 2020. Make a donation today in support of our work to end homelessness. Questions? Please feel free to call our fundraising office, 202.503.2970.