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Webinar
Friendship Place and Our Work Post COVID
On Tuesday, September 1st, we hosted a special webinar with our President & CEO Jean-Michel Giraud and Chief Development Officer Chris Rutledge. Watch this recording of the event to learn…
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Webinar
La Casa: Working with formerly homeless men during COVID
On Tuesday, August 11, Friendship Place supporters had a chance to receive an update on La Casa, the organization’s program and facility for previously chronically homeless males. La Casa is…
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Community
Take a Tour of the Brooks
The Brooks is a new Short-Term Family Housing facility and a new program at Friendship Place that serves families experiencing homelessness. Take a tour! Click here to learn more about…
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Community
Performing Street Outreach During COVID-19
Learn about our life-saving Street Outreach efforts. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, people living on the street have limited resources. Many of the service locations they rely on in order…
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Webinar
Voices of Hope: the Reality of Being “Homeless”
Listen to this powerful discussion with members of our Speaker’s Bureau, a group of former Friendship Place participants whose mission is to inform and teach people about the realities of…
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Community
French Food for Vulnerable Men During COVID
How the French Embassy and DC’s French restaurants began feeding La Casa’s formerly homelessness men during COVID Friendship Place’s allies in the French community have brought continental flair to the meals enjoyed…
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Webinar
AimHire: Helping People Get Back to Work
Learn about AimHire—Friendship Place’s groundbreaking, nationally-recognized employment program. During the COVID-19 Crisis, millions of people across the nation and DC have lost their jobs. Friendship Place aims to help them…
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President's Blog
Statement from Jean-Michel Giraud
These are difficult times for our community and nation. Friendship Place works every day to help the most vulnerable among us – providing people in need with housing, jobs, and essential items. We know all too well that the…
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Webinar
The Brooks, A Conversation With Catherine Mitchell
Learn more about Friendship Place’s newest facility and program, the Brooks. The Brooks is a newly constructed Short-Term Family Housing facility in Ward 3 serving families experiencing homelessness.
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Author: Yimka Odebode
Your Donation Helps End Homelessness!
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.