N Street Village

N Street Village, Inc. ("nsv") is a social service organization with a dual mission: to empower low-income and homeless women to claim their highest quality of life and to provide affordable housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and families. Nsv accomplishes its mission by offering a portfolio of services designed to meet the needs of its beneficiaries. Nsv's flagship location is in northwest dc, as are a great deal of its legacy programs. However, as nsv has evolved over the years, it has expanded its services to seven permanent locations across four wards of dc.nsv serves its clients through several programs in addition to those stated above. Bethany women's day center provides meals, laundry and shower facilities, activities, and access to crisis management support. The wellness center provides health promotion and disease prevention services, including access to a physician, and dentist; health education, disease management, exercise, and nutrition classes; smoking cessation programs; massage; and more. Greenhouse provides support to women with substance use disorders that have the desire to reduce or eliminate the use of drugs/alcohol. Marj and mak vocational center provides women with access to job seeking, job training, education, and financial capability services. Nsv finds that client outcomes improve by providing comprehensive supportive services like these co-located with housing. Last year, N Street Village served nearly 1512 women and 61 families.