We believe that by treating all people with respect and kindness, we can help them transform their lives into ones of self-sufficiency and abundance.​ Friendship House is a leader in providing comprehensive services and programs for people who are homeless by empowering them towards self-sufficiency.

Friendship House is recognized as a gateway for people struggling with homelessness to reenter society.  Our unique service model places special emphasis on transforming a person's crisis situation into an opportunity for empowerment and self-sufficiency.

We provide two clean and sober emergency shelters, one transitional house, one permanent low income shared living house, a daily meal service, an innovative employment training program and many other services to our house-less neighbors.  We also provide management and operation services to the Skagit First Step Center in Burlington, a low-barrier shelter.