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One of the many services that Friendship Place offers is to be a mailing address for our consumers. We provide a free, stable address so that consumers can stay in touch with family, apply for jobs, and work towards rebuilding their lives.
Recently, a consumer switched to using a P.O. box, and used the post office's change of address system. By mistake, a portion of Friendship Place's mail was also redirected to this box from late June through mid July.
We've realized the mistake, recovered the mail, and are quickly working to thank every one of our supporters who donated or contacted us during that time. We apologize for the delay. If you have any questions, you can always reach us at 202-364-1419. |
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As the temperatures reach triple digits, make sure you know the places where you can go to safely cool down.
- One Judiciary Square 441 4th Street, NW
- Frank D. Reeves Center 2000 14th Street, NW
- King Office Building 3720 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SEE
- 920 Rhode Island Avenue, NE
If you need help, call the hyperthermia hotline at 1-800-535-7252 or 202-399-7093.
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5 Myths About America's Homeless |
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From the Washington Post. Check back every day this week to read a new myth.
5. These poor you will always have with you - MYTH
Researchers and policymakers are newly optimistic about the prospect of ending homelessness. For two decades, the goal of our homeless programs was to first treat people for their myriad afflictions (substance abuse, say, or illness) and hope that this would lead them out of homelessness. Now, the attention has shifted to the endgame: Get people back into housing as quickly as possible, the new thinking goes, and the treatment for everything else can quickly follow -- and with greater benefits.
People who haven't had a private residence in years have succeeded in these new "housing first" programs, which place the homeless directly into their own housing units, bypassing shelters. Rent is subsidized and services are provided to help these tenants maintain their housing and be good neighbors.
According to HUD, the government has funded more than 70,000 such housing units since 2001. Meanwhile, the number of chronically homeless nationwide has decreased by a third since 2005, to 112,000.
The Obama administration's new Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing program takes a similar approach, giving people suffering temporary housing crises modest cash and service support, allowing them to avoid shelters or get out of them more quickly.
The cost of these programs is partly offset by reductions in expensive hospitalizations, arrests and shelter stays by the chronically homeless -- to say nothing of the moral victory a society can claim in caring for its most vulnerable.
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