Employment First: A Powerful Tool for Ending Homelessness
News Source: US National Interagency Council on Homelessness (USNICH) We have made tremendous progress in the work to end homelessness over the past 10 years. Much of our success can…
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Helping families before they become homeless
News Source: The Washington Post By Tara Bahrampour When Myisha Rawlings returned home last summer after giving birth to her son, Carter, she was greeted not with balloons and casseroles…
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D.C. nonprofit receives $1 million donation from Amazon
News Source: ABC 7 (WJLA) Amazon recently made good on a promise to donate $1 million to a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Friendship Place serves families throughout the region…
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Month: February 2018
Your Donation Helps End Homelessness!
Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2019, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 1,437 people, including 482 children in families and 558 veterans. We empowered 219 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 3,305 people in 2019. Make a donation today in support of our work to end homelessness. Questions? Please feel free to call our fundraising office, 202.503.2970.