SOME -- So Others Might Eat

SOME restores hope and dignity to the homeless through comprehensive services, including meals (1,000 served daily), medical care, addiction treatment, job training and over 300 units of permanent affordable housing. 202-797-8806.

Why do we exist?

SOME exists to serve the poor and homeless in Washington, DC.  SOME began as a small soup kitchen in 1970 serving meals to a handful of those most in need.  Today, we feed 1,000 hungry children, women and men each day. 

We are unique in that we both meet people’s immediate needs and provide services that help them to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.  In addition to serving two hot meals to hungry and homeless people each day, we provide clothing, showers, and medical and dental care. 

SOME also offers affordable housing for families and single adults, job training, addiction treatment, mental health services, counseling and programs for the elderly, to help individuals to live increasingly productive and independent lives. 
We provide all of these services in a respectful, caring manner that helps to restore hope and dignity to the people whom we serve.

What have you accomplished?

During the past year, SOME, with the help of caring donors, has been able to provide:
• 248,058 meals for hungry children, women, and men
• 120,699 meals for the residents of our rehabilitative programs, senior center and shelter for abused elderly
• 13,767 showers and free clothing for homeless men and women
• 49 abused and neglected elderly with 1,687 shelter nights
• 10,524 medical and dental care visits to homeless people who could not afford a doctor or dentist
• 1,526 adults with individual and group counseling, case management and continuing care
• 303 homeless men and women with transitional housing designed to help participants maintain sobriety and find employment
• 51,336 hours of intensive job training to homeless and extremely low-income women and men at the SOME Center for Employment Training
• 535 homeless children, women and men with permanent and long-term housing nights

The number of people SOME serves is impressive, and so are the results.  Ninety-eight percent of graduates from the SOME Center for Employment Training secured jobs, and more than 78% of addiction treatment program participants successfully completed the program and moved into long-term housing.

Even more meaningful is the transformation that our clients undergo from the day that they arrive at SOME to the day that they move into their own apartment, re-enter the workforce, or reunite with their families.  People who were ill, isolated, and in pain become hopeful, increasingly confident, contributing members of society.

In the words of SOME client Janet: “I have had a 100 percent change in my life as a result of the help that I received at SOME.  I have been able to stay sober for 11 months so far, be employed and secure housing.  Thank you for establishing a program that saves lives like mine.  I will always be grateful.”

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