Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness

Last month I wrote about the controversy over how contracts were awarded to provide food services to D.C. homeless shelters — including accusations that the District might have been defrauded. Since then, I’ve received new information and…

A D.C. Council member has requested an investigation after a catering company won a city contract to feed the homeless despite a lower bid by a competitor.

A nonprofit that has provided meals for homeless people in the District for three decades has lost part of its government contract to another vendor and is questioning the award process.

It now faces layoffs and financial turbulence.

Waldon Adams says it has been more than a year since he has seen Clifton Lee. So when Adams ran into him Wednesday night, he knew he wanted to take advantage of the moment.