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Stories
Meet Greta
Greta heard about Friendship Place the way many homeless people do, by word of mouth. In Greta’s case, it was from a girlfriend sitting next to her on a Metro…
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Stories
Meet Maisha Pinkard
I’m Maisha Pinkard, and for the past six years, I have been a proud member of theFriendship Place team, serving now as the Director of our Drop-in Welcome Center on…
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Stories
AimHire & Get Hired
Can you graduate at Friendship Place? You bet you can! In March, at a ceremony complete with blue and white balloons and cupcakes, 28 participants in Friendship Place’s AimHire program…
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President's Blog
Testimony: Job Placement & More
On March 01, 2019, Friendship Place President & CEO Jean Michel Giraud gave the following testimony the before the District of Columbia Committee on Human Services and Committee on Housing…
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Community
Ending homelessness by 2020
Have you heard about the plan to end homelessness in DC? There’s a plan to end homelessness in the District of Columbia. Mayor Bowser announced the kickoff of the Homeward…
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Stories
Meet Curtis Robinson
Curtis Robinson found his life’s work in his mother’s kitchen. “I used to watch my mom cook,” he says. “There were six of us kids, but I was the only…
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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.