Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place works to:

- Identify, reach out to, and build a trusting relationship with men and women who
   live on the streets

- Assist consumers in accessing and utilizing public benefits and resources

- Provide health care, addiction, and mental health evaluation and counseling

- Support the opening and operation of small, congregation-based shelter programs

- Develop and manage transitional and permanent housing in our community
  and offer supportive services to the men and women living there

- Remain a resource for homeless and formerly homeless individuals who rely on
   Friendship Place to maintain their stability in the community

- Educate civic, religious, commercial and educational entities in our community
  about the issues confronting their homeless neighbors

- Advocate for policies and resources to combat homelessness in our community
  citywide

- Enable community volunteers to participate in assisting Friendship Place consumers

- Bring together neighborhood groups, congregations, businesses and other local
  entities with service providers, municipal agencies and concerned citizens in
  public/private collaboration to plan, deliver and support necessary services

                    Painting done by long-time volunteer Betty Whitaker in 1997