Our Mission and Goals

Our Mission

We are a faith-based, non-profit organization with a mission to help people who are low-income and homeless achieve personal growth social and economic self-sufficiency and independence through a web of integrated care, regardless of their faith. 

Our Goals

Our agency has two primary goals: to resolve our clients' short-term crisis needs and to help them break the cycle of poverty that leads to crises and homelessness.

Recent Awards and Recognition

• 2004:  Metropolitan Life Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing, Supportive Housing Category, Semi-Finalist
• 2003:  Linowes' Leadership Award presented to Executive Director, Mary Lou Tietz by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region and NBC-4
• 2000:  Winner of The Washington Post Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Management