Life Deeds

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…

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.

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

Trouble continues to roil The Horizon, a Ward 7 homeless shelter that opened just last fall. The Department of Human Services discovered that the social services nonprofit tapped to run the shelter’s day-to-day operations appeared to…

An internal audit conducted by D.C.'s Department of Human Services shows that Life Deeds Inc., the social services provider responsible for managing the daily operations of a 35-unit homeless shelter in Ward 7, submitted what appear to be…