Community
Friendship Place and Peter Edelman – Discussion on Poverty
Friendship Place welcomed Georgetown University Law Center Professor Peter Edelman, author of Not a Crime to Be Poor, to discuss how we, as a nation, treat those suffering from poverty….
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Community
Mayor Bowser at the One-Year Anniversary of the Brooks
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Friendship Place during the one-year anniversary celebration of the Brooks Short-Term facility for families experiencing homelessness. Speakers during the event also included the Brooks family,…
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President's Blog
Testimony of Jean-Michel Giraud before the District of Columbia Committee on Human Services on DHS Oversight
Good morning, Chairperson Silverman and Members of the Committee and thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify; I am Jean-Michel Giraud, the President & CEO of Friendship Place….
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President's Blog
Testimony of Jean-Michel Giraud before the District of Columbia Committee on Human Services on DHS Oversight
Job First Model “Job First assumes employability and fosters self-sufficiency through job acquisition.” Good afternoon, Chairwoman Nadeau and Members of the Committee and thank you for giving me the opportunity…
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Veterans First – Serving Our Heros During COVID
Friendship Place’s Veterans First program is a leading provider of homeless prevention services for veterans and their families in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Learn about the program’s outlook, and…
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Webinar
The Brooks Family Housing Facility at Six Months
The Brooks Short-Term Family Housing Facility is located in Washington, DC’s Ward-3 and serves families experiencing homelessness. In this video, Friendship Place’s Director of the Brooks Catherine Mitchell reflects on…
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Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2020, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 2,664 people, including 606 children in families and 661 veterans. We empowered 200 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.