Transforming Lives in the Fight Against Homelessness

Open Arms Housing’s purpose is to provide stable, supportive housing for women and families experiencing chronic homelessness in The District

Our focus is providing stable, supportive housing for women and families

Our goal is to provide a specialized case management model tailored to meet individual needs and promote housing stability, independence and empowerment through risk assessments, harm reduction and person-centered approaches

Customer focused
Value oriented
MISSION FOCUSED
People centric
What we do

Create safe, comfortable housing tailored to meet individual needs

Permanent Supportive Housing

Through the pairing of housing with case management and supportive services, permanent supportive housing is a proven solution to homelessness for the most vulnerable chronically homeless people.

Permanent Supportive Housing

We offer quality services with the best possible performance from our professional staff
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Our Specialized Service Model

With Open Arm’s specialized person-centered case management model, we are committed to tailored service plans with an emphasis on harm reduction principles.

Our Specialized Service Model

Through our commitment to Housing First and assisting our clients/residents in the cycle from housing navigation and housing stabilization, we strive to ensure a most professional and competent staff as we work to deliver our mission.
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By the Numbers

Through our innovative service model of delivering services, we now currently provide housing to over 400 women and families across the District.

By the Numbers

OAH has maintained a 95 percent success rate of housing stability for residents remaining in safe, secure, permanent housing and not returning to homelessness.
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What people say
What people say about us
What people say
What people say about us
experience excellence

Transforming Lives in the Fight Against Homelessness

Open Arms Housing operates three programs through which we serve chronically homeless women and families. We run our two single-site apartment buildings, as well a scattered-site Permanent Supportive Housing Program

our impact

Over our nine years, open arms housing has prevented subsequent homelessness 94% of the time.

Housing is a Basic Right

“It is hard to argue that housing is not a fundamental human need. Decent, affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country. The reason is simple: without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.”

― Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

 
Our Mission

To create safe, stable housing and supports
for women and families

Open Arms Housing mission is to create safe, stable housing and supports for women and families experiencing chronic homelessness through Housing First and the embracing of harm reduction and person-created approaches

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