Youth
OpinionBy Joseph Gavrilovich February 22, 2016
D.C.’s Invisible Youth Deserve to Be Seen
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser made news in January, announcing $50,000 in grant-funding to support adding more beds and supports to…
NewsBy Abby Hershberger February 12, 2016
Lack of Community Input Sparks Tension Over #dcgeneral Plan in All Eight Wards
On February 11, each ward held meetings to discuss the D.C. City Council’s recent proposal to close the DC General…
NewsBy Leah DiBianco February 5, 2016
District Youth Say #OurLivesMatter!
When Michael Brown was shot in 2014, Ferguson, Missouri and communities across the United States searched for answers to complex…
NewsBy Abby Hershberger February 4, 2016
Washington Libraries to Provide “Books from Birth” for Kids Five and Under
On Thursday February 4, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced an addition to the D.C. Public Library’s Sing Talk and Read Program…
NewsBy Dottie Kramer January 21, 2016
District Youth Have a Fairy Godmother
After reading a May, 2016, Street Sense article that mentioned assistance provided to LGBTQ youth by the Wanda Alston Foundation,…
OpinionBy William Mack / Brittany Jagers November 18, 2015
REVIEW: “Oliver!” Has a New Twist!
Charles Dickens published the serial “Oliver Twist” from 1837-39, inspired by his own experiences as a young boy living on…
NewsBy Victoria Jones / Olivia Aldridge November 5, 2015
Hundreds of Volunteers Transform Family Shelter for Teens
On October 29, a bright room near the front entrance of DC General Family Homeless Shelter teemed with young children…
Media Center FeatureBy Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op / Sasha Williams October 30, 2015
📹 Raise to Rise
A Street Sense Filmmakers Co-op production, directed by Sasha Williams, touching on the shelter system, family and the importance of self-esteem.
ArtBy Phillip Black October 23, 2015
If You See Something, Say Something: Fighters ignore authority
On Oct. 8, on the Orange Line, two young girls were fighting. As someone tried to break them up, one…
ArtBy Betty Everett October 23, 2015
Hey Y’all
By The Beautiful One from N. Carolina How was your Labor Day vacation? OK I hope. Fall is here and…
ArtBy Ken Martin September 23, 2015
Homeless Child
What my customers mean to me: Homeless child riding the bus Separated from her cousin, Connor and tidier than most…
NewsBy Mary Henkin September 23, 2015
Forum Identifies Solutions to Child Homelessness
Street Sense hosted a Child Homelessness forum to shed light on child and youth homelessness in D.C. on Wednesday, September…
NewsBy Alexandra Pamias September 23, 2015
New Initiatives Plan to Connect Youth and Returning Citizens With Jobs
Mayor Bowser has requested additional funding for the FY2015 budget to create jobs for District residents. The supplemental budget request,…
NewsBy Michelle Goldchain August 29, 2015
“Kids Ride Free”
Starting August 17, 2015, all public school students and public charter school students in Washington, D.C. can ride Metrobus, DC…
OpinionBy Ashley Strange August 26, 2015
How It Feels To Emancipate
Knowing that in a couple of days you will no longer have support from the Child Welfare Agency is scary….
NewsBy Lindsey Habenicht August 26, 2015
Suspected Homeless Youth Crisis Prompts Census
This past week Washington D.C. made a collaborative effort to better understand and respond to the homeless youth crisis, conducting…
NewsBy Sabrina Caserta July 15, 2015
Times Square Cup Plays for NYC Homeless Youth
Soccer and homelessness intersected in the heart of Manhattan when Street Soccer USA (SSUSA) hosted their third annual Times Square…
NewsBy Ashley Strange July 1, 2015
Formerly Homeless Youth Inspired By Congressional Representatives
On June 16, forty youth from New York, Atlantic City, Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. joined together at the…
NewsBy Colleen Cosgriff June 16, 2015
New “Clark Inn” Only Substance Abuse Treatment in District to Keep Families Together
On June 16, Samaritan Inns held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Clark Inn, named to honor the late A. James Clark. The Chairman…
NewsBy Ashley Strange June 16, 2015
Covenant House Inspires Homeless Youth to Vote with a Trip to Washington, D.C.
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