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Housing, dignity and a job at Friendship Place
The anti-homelessness nonprofit has spent three decades providing the DMV’s most vulnerable residents with resources to get back on their feet By Gabe Castro-Root If you don’t know to look…
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After Two Failed Attempts, D.C. Council Passes Law To Make Homelessness A Protected Class
Students from Alice Deal Middle School demonstrated outside of the Wilson Building in 2015 to advocate for anti-discrimination protections for people experiencing homelessness. Dottie Kramer / Street Sense Media This story was produced by Street…
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Aiming higher: DC nonprofit’s program expands into DC’s ‘Jobs First’ pilot
A participant in Friendship Place’s AimHire program attends a job fair. (Photo courtesy of Friendship Place) By Annemarie Cuccia on May 13, 2022 Last updated May 13, 2022 Yulyia Demetria needed a job. She didn’t…
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Annual walk to end homelessness returns to DC
by KAELA ROEDER Participants begin the walk to end homelessness at Constitution Gardens. Photo by Kaela Roeder Friendship Place, a local housing and homeless services provider, brought back its annual walk…
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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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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.