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N Street Village supports women experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C. by offering a broad spectrum of services, housing, and advocacy in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. We partner with women to achieve stability and make meaningful gains in their housing, income, employment, mental health, physical health, and addiction recovery goals.
We provide essentials like a hot meal, shower, laundry, and toiletries
We offer a broad spectrum of services to help each woman reach her housing, health, income, employment, and recovery goals
We provide housing for 851 women and 6 families, and our work is to ensure every woman has a place to call her own
We support each woman in her journey of transformation by providing the tools and resources she needs to reach ongoing goals
We rely on the voice of lived experience to guide our mission
were living outdoors before arriving
have a high school degree or higher
have experienced domestic violence
have a mental illness, addiction, or both
are living with HIV/AIDS
entered with no income
have experienced chronic homelessness
are over the age of 50
identify as African-American
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Learn more stories of healing, hope, and transformation from Village clients:
N Street Village and Patricia Handy Place for Women gave me the courage to get back on my feet and to believe that I can survive living in a home by myself.
Read Full StoryThis award tells me there is something bigger out there for me. My goal is to give back. Just as N Street has given to me, I want to give back to people in need.
Read Full StoryLittle by little, I started making small changes, which turned into big changes, like loving myself more, doing things that make me happy, and getting close to my family again. I started working and just became a better me.
Read Full StorySlide or swipe images to the left to view N Street Village’s history over the past 50 years.
Ensure homelessness for women in D.C. is rare, brief, and nonrecurring.
Our goal is to ensure every woman in Washington, D.C. has a safe place to call home. To achieve this, the Village is proud to partner with our Mayor Muriel Bowser in city-wide efforts to “make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring.”
Through partnership across sectors, we believe we can achieve this vision and help build a community of hope and healing for each woman in need. Recognizing the collective impact of what we can accomplish together, N Street Village provides guidance, leadership, and advocacy to our partners as they make decisions around homelessness and housing across the District.
Learn more about these partnerships and our advocacy efforts here.
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