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First Lady of California
Maria Shriver
visits Friendship House
Minerva Award
(Long Beach Press Telegram,
Jeff Gritchen photographer)

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Helen Waukazoo Receives
2009 Minerva Award
Minerva Award
(Long Beach Press Telegram,
Jeff Gritchen photographer)

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San Francisco Residential or
Oakland Lodge Program
Annika: 415-865-0964
Monday-Friday 9am-4pm

Sacramento Intake/Outreach Program
Carlos: 916-341-0575
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Please visit our admission page which contains information on the process and criteria for being accepted into residential treatment at Friendship House.

Print:
- Admission Information
- Complete Packet of FH information.

"Recovery is up to you. Only you can make the decision to be clean and sober and it is your choice whether or not you want to keep your recovery."
- Allison


Friendship House Association of American Indians, Inc. of San Francisco is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community-based organization that provides residential substance abuse treatment for American Indians. Since its founding in 1963, Friendship House has maintained a strong track record of providing holistic prevention, treatment, and recovery services that are culturally-relevant to American Indians.

Friendship House operates two residential treatment facilities: an 80-bed four-story healing center for adults located in the Mission District of San Francisco, and the Friendship House American Indian Lodge located in Oakland for American Indian women with their children. Both residential treatment facilities are licensed and certified by the State of California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. Additionally, Friendship House is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. (CARF)

Our Mission: The mission of Friendship House is to promote healing and wellness in the American Indian community by providing a continuum of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery services that integrate traditional American Indian healing practices and evidence-based substance abuse treatment methods.

"Friendship House enabled me to gain respect for myself, my family and my people. I have my family and most of all I have become part of the bigger picture, our community. I owe my eternal strength, hope and time to the program." - Cindy

"I’m a survivor of domestic violence and 10 years of meth use. This program helped me help myself with changing one thing about me….everything! Friendship House’s intensive program helped me with inner child workshops and many process groups that helped me deal with all my underlying issues of my childhood. Now I can live clean, sober and not co-dependent anymore! I love my life now. I work at the Native American Health Center in the dental department. I am now living in transitional housing and most of all, I live positive in the community. Thank you Friendship House." - Jacqueline