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“Healthy Shelters Act” to Improve Food Services within the District’s Homeless Shelter Network

Press Release Apr 2, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2019 Communications Director: Kelly Whittier “Healthy Shelters Act” to Improve Food Services within the District’s Homeless Shelter Network The legislation would also transfer the management of…

Cheh Calls on Attorney General to Investigate Homeless Shelter Food Contracts

Press Release Apr 1, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2019 Communications Director: Kelly Whittier Cheh Calls on Attorney General to Investigate Homeless Shelter Food Contracts Letter to the Attorney General details multiple irregularities with food…

Washington Post: ‘We’re human beings!’ the homeless woman yelled. ‘Acknowledge us!’ Then people did…

Editor Mar 29, 2019

The city didn’t seem to be doing enough. Neither were the nonprofit groups. But maybe she — as nothing more than another human who cared — could accomplish what they couldn’t. Maybe she could get this couple out of a tent where they’d…

Washington Post: ‘This is not me’

Editor Mar 22, 2019

The rise of tent encampments is changing the face of American homelessness. Inside one, Monica Diaz struggles to keep her full-time job — and her dignity.

DCist: D.C. Plans To Phase Out Overflow Motels For Families Experiencing Homelessness By The End Of…

Editor Mar 22, 2019

The D.C. Department of Human Services is planning to phase out the use of motels as emergency overflow shelters for families experiencing homelessness by the end of next year, agency leadership tells DCist. The news was first reported by…

WTOP: DC Central Kitchen dealt a loss in new contract to feed homeless

Editor Mar 18, 2019

It’s a nonprofit that has fed the homeless since 1989, but now a new contract with the District has dealt a blow to D.C. Central Kitchen.

Washington Post: D.C. Central Kitchen loses part of contract to feed homeless

Editor Mar 18, 2019

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.

Washington Informer: Job Placement Heralded as Homelessness Prevention Tool

Editor Mar 16, 2019

In the weeks leading up to their spring symposium, the staff at Friendship Place, a Northwest-based housing provider, wants to expand the conversation about housing instability so that elected officials, and other involved parties,…

WTOP: Designing a day space for DC’s homeless population

Editor Mar 14, 2019

On a 30-degree day in early March, the basement of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, just blocks from the White House, was teeming with activity.

Street Sense: Security company replaced immediately after a man was stabbed at 801 East Men’s…

Editor Mar 7, 2019

A man was stabbed in a first-floor restroom at the 801 East Men’s Shelter in the early morning hours of Feb. 12, according to separate reports from two shelter residents.

City Paper: D.C. Plans Its Exit From the Motels It Uses As Homeless Shelters

Editor Mar 6, 2019

But advocates are worried that the move does not reflect a decline in need.

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Navigating homeless services is complicated. A new downtown center makes many of them available in…

Jordan Tobias Mar 5, 2019

A new day center for individuals experiencing homelessness has opened its doors on at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in the heart of downtown DC. At a Feb. 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony, DC Department of Human Services director Laura…

Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘This is my do-over’: She used to sleep on the streets. Now, she helps…

Editor Feb 27, 2019

Tokyo Direkston wore two weeks of filth.

WAMU: D.C. Shelter Provider Terminated Due To ‘Problems With Documentation’

Editor Feb 27, 2019

D.C. has terminated its contract with Life Deeds, the nonprofit service provider that runs The Horizon, a family homeless shelter in Ward 7. According to a Department of Human Services spokesperson, the contract was terminated because of…

Washington Post: District ousts manager of new homeless shelter four months after it opened

Editor Feb 27, 2019

The District terminated a nonprofit’s $3 million contract to manage a new shelter for homeless families just four months after it opened, after city officials were unable to verify the backgrounds of staffers.

City Paper: D.C. Terminates Contract With Ward 7 Homeless Shelter Provider

Editor Feb 26, 2019

Life Deeds will continue to provide services for the next 45 days while another provider is selected.

Street Sense: Longstanding local school is “homeless” and “on the Go-Go”

Editor Feb 26, 2019

While seeking a new home, the acclaimed Children’s Studio School has been taking its innovative classes on location so low-income and homeless children can learn in their own neighborhoods. Founder Marcia McDonell refers to the current…

Curbed: D.C. unveils long-hoped-for downtown day center for the homeless

Editor Feb 25, 2019

The District débuted its inaugural downtown day-services center for homeless residents on Monday. The center—located in the basement of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at 1313 New York Ave. NW—opened after months of delays…

Mayor Bowser Unveils Downtown Day Services Center, Creating New Single Point of Entry for Residents…

Press Release Feb 25, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Dora Taylor (DHS) Mayor Bowser Unveils Downtown Day Services Center, Creating New Single Point of Entry for Residents Experiencing Homelessness to Access…

DCist: Opening Of Downtown Day Services Center For Homeless Delayed Again

Editor Feb 12, 2019

A new downtown day services center for the homeless will remain shuttered for another two weeks due to construction delays, according to the Downtown Business Improvement District, which is managing the center.

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