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INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF HOMELESS SERVICES: HOW MEDICAID IS DRIVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN DC’S FIGHT TO END HOMELESSNESS
You can find the link to the original article here. This year, the Partnership has been working to support nonprofit PSH providers as they transition to Medicaid billing. Our partnership…
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Friendship Action Network
Thousands of people in DC use housing vouchers. How much should they be worth?
Read what Friendship Place’s Lynn Amano says about rent reasonableness controls. By Annemarie Cuccia on Oct 20, 2022 Last updated Nov 6, 2022 People using housing vouchers in DC spent this past summer in limbo….
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Volunteers
Volunteer Opportunity at The Brooks!
VOLUNTEER POSITION DESCRIPTION Friendship Place – The Brooks PURPOSE OF THIS POSITION: The Homework Club at The Brooks provides resident students with access to reference tools, technology, and volunteers who…
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Friendship Action Network
Advocacy at Friendship Place
By Lynn Amano, Friendship Place Director of Advocacy Here at Friendship Place, advocacy is an important part of what we do to address and prevent homelessness in Metro DC. The…
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Volunteers
It’s So Much More Than Underwear
An Interview with Friendship Place’s Chris Cannedy By Martha Adler with Jeannelle D’Isa If you’re new to Temple Micah, you may wonder… Underwear? For the past 22 years, Temple Micah’s…
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Community
A Big Birthday Gift for our 30 Years
By Helene Vissiere “I would have never imagined how Friendship Place would flourish. It has changed the sense of the possible,” Jean Duff, one of the cofounders, said during the…
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Your Donation Helps End Homelessness!
Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2021, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 4,497 people, including 600 children in families and 750 veterans. We empowered 136 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 3,432 people in 2020. Make a donation today in support of our work to end homelessness. Questions? Please feel free to call our fundraising office, 202.503.2970.