City Paper: Emails Show DGS Chief Knew In 2017 That the Ward 7 Homeless Shelter Was Three Months…
Yet the agency's former director claimed under oath that she didn't know until February of 2018.
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WAMU: D.C. Shelter Provider Terminated Due To ‘Problems With Documentation’
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
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
Life Deeds will continue to provide services for the next 45 days while another provider is selected.
City Paper: Did a Social Services Organization Serving D.C.’s Homeless Misrepresent Its Legal…
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…
Street Sense: The first three D.C. General replacement shelters open
On Nov. 13, the District of Columbia opened the third of its new short-term family facilities, The Triumph, in Ward 8. It was preceded by The Kennedy in Ward 4 and The Horizon in Ward 7. Ribbon cutting ceremonies for each short-term…
Washington Times: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser opens second homeless shelter
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday opened the second homeless shelter to replace the dilapidated facility at the former D.C. General Hospital campus — part of her campaign promise to close D.C. General by the end of the year and to make…
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on the Latest Short-Term Family Housing Program, The Horizon in Ward 7
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October 9, 2018
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Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon on the Latest Short-Term Family Housing Program, The Horizon in Ward 7
Mayor Continues the Momentum toward Keeping Her Promise of Closing…
Amber Harding: Mayor still has an opportunity to do right by current DC General residents
Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration rightfully celebrated the opening of the first DC General replacement shelter, which is scheduled to welcome its first residents soon. Called The Kennedy, the shelter is a 45-unit building…
Curbed DC: D.C. plans ribbon-cutting for new family homeless shelter in Southeast next week
On Tuesday, D.C. officials will ceremonially début a new family homeless shelter at 5004 D St. SE in Marshall Heights as part of the plan to close and replace the derelict D.C. General shelter. The soon-to-open facility will house 35…