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About this episode

First Helping is our street-level outreach program that uses food as a tool to establish trust and build relationships with homeless and low-income individuals. Our goal is to empower people to begin addressing the complex issues at the heart of their personal challenges. Our mobile outreach team provides breakfast every morning at locations throughout the District. Outreach workers and volunteers serve over 180 meals each day and speak with more than 250 people who are homeless in the city. While serving breakfast, our outreach specialists use the opportunity to build rapport, assess client?s needs, and make referrals for services.

• Release Date

  Apr 1, 2010

• Runtime

  04:39