Non-profits Merger Feels Like a Marriage

N Street Village, one of the District of Columbia’s largest providers of services for homeless women, is merging with Miriam’s House, a transitional housing shelter for homeless women with HIV/AIDS.

“This feels like a marriage,” Schroeder Stribling, executive director of the N Street Village, recalled thinking when she first walked into Miriam’s House. Nonprofits are under pressure to do more with less money, and consolidating is a natural way to achieve this, Stribling said.

In the coming year, N Street Village plans to launch Miriam’s Hope Program, which will offer HIV testing, education and support to homeless women who live in shelters or receive services from them. N Street assists some 900 women a year, most of whom have a history of homelessness and mental health issues.

Miriam’s House will continue housing up to 25 women per year in a 17-bedroom apartment building in Northwest Washington, but operations will be run by N Street Village, which is also in Northwest. The merger dissolved the board of directors of Miriam’s House.

The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.

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