Our cadre of programs and services focus on helping people create and access the resources to actualize a community of opportunity and prosperity. Our programs include supportive social services; economic and community development services; and job training and employment services.

As Friendship House continues to grow and expand its services, we remain committed to providing a continuum of services that assure best practices to all members of our community. Our visionary model for social and economic empowerment in the 21st century builds upon a rich tradition of caring and service.

Community Services. Community Services provides assistance finding emergency and permanent housing, budget and self-sufficiency counseling, and distribution of free bulk food. FHA’s Clothing Bank provides 10,000 units of clothing to over 1,500 people each month. Adult Basic Education, GED Preparation and Life Skills training are provided to participants to enhance participants’ employability. Home Weatherization and energy conservation services are provided to low-income families.

Child Development Center. One of the city’s longest operating Day Care Centers, since 1910, the FH Child Development Center has provided high quality early education to children ages 6 weeks through 13 years of age with programming designed to enhance children’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Our family centered program supports parents in their role as “first teachers” while helping them move toward economic self-sufficiency.

Pre-Kindergarten Incentive Program. All 4-year-old children who live in the District of Columbia are eligible to participate. We are nationally recognized teaching methods with ongoing training for teachers by early childhood experts. Classroom sizes are limited to 16 children, with a teacher to student ration of 1:8. We have highly qualified staff. Medical professionals screen children. Breakfast, lunch and a snack are provided daily. Year-round services Monday - Friday, throughout the year. The Pre-Kindergarten incentive Program has 16 sites located throughout the District. Funded by the DC Public School System and the Department of Human Services, Early Care and Education Administration.

Supplemental Education Services and DC Kids/DC Juniors/DC Teens. A Supplemental Education Service and before and after school program for children and youth aged 5-18, has been designed to enhance leadership and learning through education, adventure, exploration and teamwork. Children are engaged in academic based tutoring, homework assistance and constructive activities during times when they are most at risk for engaging in dangerous and life-threatening behavior.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF Program). Our Family Strengthening & Employment Resources Center is a one-stop job counseling, adult education, referral and training center. We provide Adult Basic Education and GED preparation and employment-focused training for welfare recipients, underemployed and unemployed adults.

Youth & Adult Education Program (ABE/GED). Our Youth and Adult Basic Education/GED Preparation Program, serves youth who have dropped out of school and adults with and opportunity to participated in adult basic education, obtain their GED, workforce literacy training, job readiness and basic typing/computer instruction, Monday through Friday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Youth Opportunity Initiative. The DC Youth Opportunity Initiative exposes out-of-school youth to a variety of careers and real-life experiences, academic and work-based learning, leadership development activities and support systems that empower youth to move into self-sufficiency.

Youth Services Division. The Friendship House Association's Youth Services Division serves in-school and out-of-school youth 14-24 years old. Our in-school programs consist of our WIA After-School Year Round program, which provides leadership training to 25 at-risk youth and our Homeland Security Project, which provides 40 youth with training in CPR, First Aid and emergency preparedness. Both are located at Eastern Senior High School. Our Way to Work Out-of-School Youth Program is a year round program that provides occupational and basic skills training, along with work experience, to youth 16 to 24 years of age. Our Parent Advocacy Center for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System provides parents with the opportunity to learn how to navigate the juvenile justice system to effectively represent their children, and to assist in the successful reentry into the neighborhood.

Senior Medicare Patrol Project. The Senior Medicare Patrol Project increases senior awareness of health care fraud, waste and abuse. It mobilizes national, state and community resources to resolve health care fraud concerns.

Family-to-Family Mentoring Program. Friendship House has a Family-to-Family Mentoring Program that is sponsored by the District of Columbia Income Maintenance Administration. Our program is designed to match mentor families who will share strategies that have worked for them. They are asked to volunteer their time, energy, example and support to encourage, motivate and empower mentee families to succeed and become the strong pillars of our communities. Our families develop their own calendar of events for each month. The project's staff provides training and resources to assist in the strengthening of our families.