Friendship Place To Host ‘Friendship Walks – A Walk To End Homelessness’ at the National Mall
Executive Director, U.S. Interagency Council On Homelessness, Matthew Doherty and Ward 3 Councilmember, Mary Cheh Among Speakers Published: Nov 4, 2016 7:15 a.m. ET WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — This…
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Friendship Place Celebrates 25 Years of Innovative Solutions to Combat Homelessness
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Friendship Place—the region-wide leader in the movement to end homelessness with effective, nationally recognized, and award-winning services—celebrates its 25th Anniversary today. Since its grassroots days of serving people…
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Friendship Place Receives $50,000 Grant from Open Society of George Soros Foundation
Washington, DC – Friendship Place was recently granted $50,000 from the George Soros Open Society Foundation. The Open Society Foundations’ Washington DC Community Grants Initiative was founded in 2005 to…
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Friendship Place Walks to End Homelessness
Washington, DC – On November 2, 2014, Friendship Place will be hosting its first annual Friendship Walks: A Walk to End Homelessness at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Friendship…
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Friendship Place to Hold Ribbon Cutting for New Building in Columbia Heights that Will House 40 Chronically Homeless Men
Washington DC—At 12pm on Thursday, December 11, DC Mayor Vincent Gray will join Friendship Place and the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS) for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at…
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200 Homeless Residents Find Jobs through Friendship Place Program
Washington, DC — Friendship Place’s AimHire job placement program reached its 200th successful job placement in February. Along with jobs, each of the individuals placed also found temporary or permanent…
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Department of Human Services Awards Friendship Place $400,000 Grant For New Housing Program in DC
Washington, DC – Friendship Place has been selected by the DC Department of Human Services to run a pilot project in the District. The program, which Friendship Place has named Home…
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Spring Symposium – A Hidden Challenge: Homelessness Among Youth & Young Adults
Washington, DC – On Thursday April 10, Friendship Place will host its annual spring symposium, a discussion titled, A Hidden Challenge: Homelessness Among Youth & Young Adults. A reception will…
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Innovative Campaign to End Chronic Homelessness in D.C. by 2017
Just over a week ago, Friendship Place, along with other DC area non-profit organizations, faith-based communities, residents and businesses came together to launch “The Way Home,” a campaign to end…
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Friendship Place Awarded $2 Million Grant from Department of Veterans Affairs to Help End Veteran Homelessness in the DC Metro Area
Washington, DC — As part of a nationwide effort to end homelessness among Veterans, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Friendship Place $2 million to expand the organization’s acclaimed…
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