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Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
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The Foundation seeks to address the barriers that prevent homeless and low-income people from becoming self-sufficient. We support organizations that help individuals and families overcome these obstacles and attain stable employment and safe, secure housing. Programs that receive support include supportive transitional and permanent housing providers, vocational training and placement, substance abuse treatment and recovery, health care and mental health services, childcare, access to public benefits, emergency rent and utility assistance, case management, and legal representation. Priority is given to comprehensive programs that provide a continuum of services to help homeless, low-income and at-risk individuals and families attain stable employment, safe and secure housing, and self-sufficiency.

The Foundation also supports low-barrier services such as feeding programs and temporary shelters that provide basic services for the street homeless, the chronically mentally ill, and the most vulnerable members of our community.

Homelessness and At-Risk/Low Income Populations

Anne Frank House
anne-frank-house.org/
Anne Frank House is an all volunteer organization that provides affordable housing and supportive services to formerly homeless persons who suffer from chronic mental illness.

Ayuda
www.ayudainc.org
Ayuda provides direct legal services, social services, referrals and community education to immigrants in the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia region.

Bread for the City
www.breadforthecity.org
Bread for the City provides legal, medical and social services, and emergency assistance to impoverished children and adults in Washington, D.C.

Capital Area Food Bank
www.capitalareafoodbank.org
The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest, public nonprofit hunger and nutrition education resource in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area and distributes 20 million pounds of food annually, including six million pounds of fresh produce, through more than 700 member agencies.

Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place
www.cchfp.org
The Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place provides outreach, medical and psychiatric services, transitional and permanent housing, and social services for homeless men and women living in upper Northwest Washington, D.C.

Cornerstone
www.cornerstonedc.org
Cornerstone finances safe and affordable housing for District of Columbia residents with chronic mental illness.

DC Central Kitchen
www.dccentralkitchen.org
DC Central Kitchen collects more than one million pounds of food each year from local foodservice businesses and restaurants and converts that donated food into nearly 4,000 meals each day and trains unemployed men and women for jobs in the foodservice industry.

DC Employment Justice Center
www.dcejc.org
DC Employment Justice Center secures and enforces the rights of low-income workers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area by providing legal services and educational programs about workplace rights and responsibilities and by working on legislative campaigns that benefit low-wage workers.

DC Hunger Solutions, a program of the Food and Research Action Center
www.dchunger.org
DC Hunger Solutions works to fight hunger and improve the nutrition, health, and well-being of children and families in the District of Columbia by informing the public about hunger and food insecurity in D.C., working to boost participation in D.C. child nutrition programs and working to ensure better food stamp access for more District residents.

Dinner Program for Homeless Women
www.dphw.org
Dinner Program for Homeless Women serves over 100,000 meals to homeless, men, women and children annually.

Downtown Cluster of Congregations
www.downtowncluster.org
Downtown Cluster of Congregations is an ecumenical association of 43 congregations that share resources to provide outreach, case management, and referrals to indigent street homeless in Washington, DC.

Fair Chance
www.fairchancedc.org
Fair Chance strengthens youth-serving programs through business expertise and nonprofit practices that improve the services and programs for at-risk children in the District of Columbia.

Fund for Education and Human Services
The Fund for Education and Human Services Provides training for teachers in the DC public school system.

Green Door
www.greendoor.org
Green Door prepares women and men with severe and persistent mental illness to work and live independently in the community.

Jewish Social Service Agency
www.jssa.org
Jewish Social Service Agency offers a wide range of family services including counseling and therapy services, in-home hospice care, older adult services, special needs services, career and employment services, adoption services and pastoral counseling.

Miriam's Kitchen
www.miriamskitchen.org
Miriam’s Kitchen provides warm meals for the homeless in the DC community and case management to assist those in need of transportation, housing and other various needs.

N Street Village
www.nstreetvillage.org
N Street Village provides a wide range of services, including substance abuse treatment and recovery, social services, emergency shelter, childcare, medical and mental health services and affordable housing for low and moderate income families and individuals in the District of Columbia.

Perry School Community Services Center
www.perryschool.org
Perry School Community Services Center works to end poverty by providing youth development, social services and economic empowerment.

Samaritan Inns
www.samaritaninns.org
Samaritan Inns provides homeless and addicted men and women with tangible opportunities for hope and healing through intensive recovery, transitional living and affordable long-term housing.

Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington
www.samaritanministry.org
Samaritan Ministry is dedicated to helping people who are homeless or in need to help themselves by providing services such as housing and employment counseling, coaching and motivation.

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
www.legalclinic.org
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless provides legal representation and helps homeless individuals secure benefits, avoid eviction, access shelter or subsidized housing, and secure mental health services.

YWCA National Capital Area
www.ywcanca.org
YWCA National Capital Area's Washington Area Women in the Trades (WAWIT) program provides nontraditional employment training in the construction trades for homeless and low-income women.

 
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