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Return of In-Person Friendship Walk to End Homelessness to Improve Lives
Return of In-Person Friendship Walk to End Homelessness to Improve Lives Giving Hope to Every Person Experiencing Homelessness in DC Washington, DC, April 30, 2022— Friendship Place, the nonprofit leading the…
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Understanding their LGBTQ clients is important to the people at Friendship Place
By John Kelly Columnist January 4, 2022 at 1:29 p.m. EST The Pride flag is pretty, but if there isn’t an understanding of how to treat the people it represents,…
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At the Brooks, a temporary home for District families in need
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 28, 2021 at 3:15 p.m. EST The Brooks, which provides short-term housing for District families in need, opened in April 2020. Operated by Friendship Place,…
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‘Gregory has an apartment’: Friendship Place helps a man into his own home
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 20, 2021 at 12:56 p.m. EST Gregory, 35, looks out the window of his new D.C. apartment. After living on the streets for years, he…
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At Friendship Place, a new way of finding a job
AimHire aims to match people with an employer as quickly as possible Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 14, 2021 at 2:48 p.m. EST (The Washington Post) The past few years…
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All are welcome at Friendship Place, whatever their needs
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist November 24, 2021 at 5:27 p.m. EST Maisha Pinkard is the Welcome Center division director at Friendship Place, a charity in Northwest D.C. that helps people…
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A Life Changed by Friendship Place
by John Kelly Columnist When a veteran struggled with homelessness, Friendship Place offered help After twice experiencing homelessness, Air Force veteran Alan Banks found help at Friendship Place, a partner…
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Friendship Place Selected as Beneficiary of The Washington Post Helping Hand
The Holiday Season Giving Initiative Offers the Nonprofit a Three-Year Term to Appear in The Washington Post WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Friendship Place, the nonprofit leading the fight to end homelessness…
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Friendship Place Receives $2.5 Million Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant to End Homelessness
Day 1 Families Fund grants $105.9 million to 42 nonprofits helping families gain housing support and stability WASHINGTON, D.C. – (December 9, 2020): Friendship Place, the nonprofit leading the…
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Friendship Place to Operate New Ward 3 Short-Term Family Housing Facility
Announcement Marks Milestone in DC Mayor’s All Eight Ward Strategy to End Family Homelessness Washington, DC, Jan 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Friendship Place, the leading nonprofit organization working to…
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