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Community
How to Help the Unhoused Community During Summer Months
As the summer heat intensifies, it becomes a critical time to offer support to the unhoused community. Extreme temperatures can pose serious health risks, including heat exhaustion and heat stroke….
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Friendship Action Network
WEEK OF ACTION!
We are supporting The Way Home Campaign this week, and we’d need your help to spread the word and TAKE ACTION! The Mayor’s proposed budget includes no new housing vouchers,…
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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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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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Webinar
Volunteering during COVID
On Tuesday, September 22 at noon, we hosted a special webinar with our Community Engagement Manager Chris Cannedy. Learn about some of the ways volunteers are helping our program participants…
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Webinar
Friendship Place and Our Work Post COVID
On Tuesday, September 1st, we hosted a special webinar with our President & CEO Jean-Michel Giraud and Chief Development Officer Chris Rutledge. Watch this recording of the event to learn…
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Webinar
La Casa: Working with formerly homeless men during COVID
On Tuesday, August 11, Friendship Place supporters had a chance to receive an update on La Casa, the organization’s program and facility for previously chronically homeless males. La Casa is…
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Community
French Food for Vulnerable Men During COVID
How the French Embassy and DC’s French restaurants began feeding La Casa’s formerly homelessness men during COVID Friendship Place’s allies in the French community have brought continental flair to the meals enjoyed…
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Webinar
Serving Homeless Populations During COVID-19
Watch this online discussion with Sean Read, Friendship Place Chief Community Solutions Officer, to learn how our outreach and program teams have adapted services to the COVID-9 pandemic.
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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.