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President's Blog
Independence from Homelessness: A Veteran’s Story
“If I survived, they can as well.” As I recently read through an email from Shelley Gilbert, this statement struck a chord with me. “I become stronger as a person,…
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President's Blog
No Room By the Ocean
Thinking of heading down to the ocean for a few days? You might want to think of how the resort you pick treats people who are experiencing homelessness. Reports…
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Stories
The Huertas Family: A Veterans First Success Story
As Secretary Eric Shinseki of the US Department of Veterans Affairs recently remarked, “No one who has served this Nation as a Veteran should ever be living on the street.”…
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Community
Our look has changed… but we haven’t.
For 22 years Friendship Place has offered innovative programming and permanent, practical solutions to homelessness. Staying up to date with best practices is a source of pride for us in…
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Community
Mary Kay Day at The Haven
Welcome Center volunteer and Mary Kay representative, Alyssa Vasquez, sat down with four residents of the The Haven, Friendship Place’s transitional house for women, to do a workshop on professional…
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President's Blog
Solving veteran homelessness in the U.S.
By Jean-Michel Giraud President & CEO, Friendship Place Huffington Post Blogger Read this on the Huffington Post website In the last few years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has revolutionized…
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President's Blog
State Of Homelessness in America 2013 Unveiled By NAEH
By Jean-Michel Giraud President & CEO, Friendship Place Huffington Post Blogger Read this on the Huffington Post website There was a feeling of expectation in the room at the National…
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President's Blog
DC’s New Status Quo: Homeless Families, Children Left in the Cold
By: Jean-Michel Giraud Executive Director Friendship Place Jean-Michel blogs for the Huffington Post on the Impact & Inside DC pages. If you follow DC news, you are well aware of…
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Community
Family Homelessness: An American Reality
By: John Harris III, Americorps VISTA Founder of Authentic Reflection “..a family with one full-time worker earning the minimum wage cannot afford the local fair-market rent for a two-bedroom apartment…
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President's Blog
100 Jobs for DC’s Homeless Residents
By Jean-Michel Giraud President & CEO, Friendship Place Huffington Post Blogger Read this on the Huffington Post website We’re certainly starting the year off with a bang at Friendship Place!…
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Author: Yimka Odebode
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Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2023, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 4,993 people, including 1,507 children in families and 670 veterans. We empowered 167 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to get jobs through innovative, state-of-the-art job placement services. Make a donation today in support of our work to end homelessness. Questions? Please feel free to call our fundraising office, 202.957.7834.