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NewsBy Sabrina Caserta April 21, 2015
Homeless Weigh In on Hypothermia Season
With the hypothermia season officially over on March 31, the District Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH), Washington Legal Clinic and…
NewsBy Reginald Black April 20, 2015
Luck of the Dice: The Ward 8 Special Election
On March 25, 2015 Thurgood Marshall Academy in Southeast, Washington D.C. held a candidates forum for the 13 candidates currently…
NewsBy Reginald Black April 19, 2015
DMV Area Assesses Itself
A breakout session at the National Conference of Ending Poverty focused on ending homelessness in the Washington metropolitan area and…
NewsBy Lillianna Byington April 17, 2015
District Strives to be Physically and Financially Age-Friendly
A new program to benefit elderly District of Columbia residents is now in the early stages of implementation. “Age-Friendly DC”…
NewsBy Clara Ong April 15, 2015
Building Pathways to the Middle Class
On March 27, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the D.C. LEAP Academy (Learn Earn Advance Prosper) to train…
NewsBy Julie Gallagher April 12, 2015
Sing Out for Shelter Concert 2015
Beautiful voices and a captivated audience filled the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church at the annual Sing Out for Shelter…
NewsBy Samia El Khodary April 11, 2015
Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Stephen, Paper Sales Extraordinaire
*ding-dong* “Hello! Street Sense, how may I help you?” Stephen Dockery answers the intercom. “I am… I need papers please.”…
NewsBy Julie Gallagher April 10, 2015
A Future for the Federal City Shelter
An act was passively approved by Congress on March 11 that requires Mayor Muriel Bowser to develop a plan for…
NewsBy Jacquie Lee April 8, 2015
Poverty Conference Receives Mixed Reviews
More than 800 people from across the nation gathered at the Washington Convention Center on March 28 for the fourth…
ArtBy Gary Minter April 8, 2015
Homeless Man Stops Rape
It’s so easy for us to demonize the homeless. We assume that they are lazy, dirty, addicted to some type…
NewsBy Jennifer Ortiz April 8, 2015
When a Birthday Presents Unstable Housing
Officially “aged-out” of the foster care system that had offered her a safety net of support for nine years, Shannon…
NewsBy Robert Williams April 8, 2015
Perception or Reality: Blessings
It’s time to allow our minds the latitude and longitude to journey into the realm of perception or reality. What…
NewsBy Gerald Anderson April 8, 2015
My Katrina, Part 31
Previously: After we landed in D.C., there was more buses taking us to the armory than there are people at…
News April 8, 2015
Metro Manners, Metro Manners
It’s Monday morning after an already rough and rash commute. I was violated by an individual who alleged to be…
On the Go and In the Flow
Annie was bound and determined to hook back up with Billy Luck. She talked her way into a red GTO…
NewsBy Jackie Turner April 8, 2015
A Day Selling Street Sense
I start selling at around 9 in the morning. Most of the time, it only takes about 10 or 20…
NewsBy Rachel Higdon April 8, 2015
A Day in the Life!
Wake up call is at 6 a.m in the shelter, House of Ruth. At 7:30 a.m, the dorm area is…
Delivering Hope
In neighboring Loudoun County– one of the richest counties in the nation–there are about 1,100 homeless or “precariously-housed” children, as…
Five-Year Plan to End Homelessness in the District Approved Unanimously
The District Interagency Council on Homelessness’ (ICH) new five-year plan to end chronic homelessness throughout the city was approved unanimously…
NewsBy Emma Holland April 6, 2015
Housing Vouchers: Good News for Tenants, Landlords
As of March 11 The District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) can now pay landlords in its Housing Choice Voucher…
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