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Tell the DC Council to “Listen Up” and Save Homeless Services, IDA and TANF!
Check out the May 2011 issue of “Listen Up” which includes information about the upcoming DHS mark-up and the Safety Net Walking Tour! Read more…
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Call Your Council Members: Tell Them “Don’t Decimate Homeless Services!”
It is springtime in Washington: hypothermia shelters have closed for the season; the cherry blossoms have come and gone; oak pollen has sent allergy sufferers into great misery; and we at WLCH are frantically advocating with the DC Council members to protect vital safety net programs. While by some measures it appears that the country […] Read more…
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DC Government to Close 50% of Shelter Units for Homeless Families Due to Budget Shortfall
By Marta Beresin, Staff Attorney Officials at the DC Department of Human Services (“DHS”) recently announced they plan to reduce the number of units of emergency shelter for families from the present 300 down to 150 by November 1st. They will do so by letting the 150 units at DC General Family Shelter remain vacant […] Read more…
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Interim Disability Assistance at Risk: A DCFPI Video
March 22nd, 2011 | by Aleksandra Gajdeczka of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmSekCCS4To&w=480&h=390] Imagine a disability that renders you unable to work, ever again. Now imagine you have no income, no savings, and no employer-sponsored insurance. You apply for federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI), only to find that the application process is long […] Read more…
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Call the Mayor Today, Tell Him to Invest in Vital Safety Net Services!
By Daniel Michelson-Horowitz, Lane Evans Home Court Fellow at Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless My name is Daniel Michelson-Horowitz, and I am a Lane Evans Home Court Fellow. As a first-year law student at Georgetown, I am working with WLCH Executive Director Patty Mullahy Fugere to build a coalition of non-profits, social services agencies […] Read more…
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Take Mayor Gray’s Budget Priority Survey!
Protect D.C. shelters from being shut down! Take Mayor Gray’s budget priority survey to show you want him to protect vital safety net services. On survey question #3, mark “human services” as a “5.” On question #4, please rank it a “5” to indicate you support revenue enhancements. Thanks for helping Washington Legal Clinic for […] Read more…
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“Where Do We Go When the Shelter Closes?”
By Julie Broas, Staff Attorney Every weekday at 10 a.m., Ana Portillo, a Case Manager with Catholic Charities, meets with a group of Latino men in a small conference room at the Sacred Heart Church in Columbia Heights. During the winter months, the conversation invariably focuses on survival strategies – how the men, most of […] Read more…
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Mother Told to Leave DC or Give Kids Up – A Follow Up
Readers responded strongly to our recent blog post about a mother, who was a D.C. resident, being told to choose between leaving the District or giving up her children. We received some media attention for this post. One of the stories is by Jason Cherkis of the Washington City Paper, who followed up with a […] Read more…
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Homeless Mom Given Tough Choice: Leave DC or Place Children in Foster Care
By Marta Beresin, Staff Attorney Last week a mother of three was given an ultimatum by the DC Child and Family Services Administration: get on a Greyhound bus for a shelter placement in another state or we’ll place your children in foster care. The alleged neglect or abuse? Being financially unable to afford to provide […] Read more…
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DC Council Votes to Leave Families Out In the Cold, 9-4
Please call (311) or email (Fenty.mpd@dc.gov) the Mayor and ask him to protect DC families by vetoing this bill before he leaves office! In a shockingly callous and short-sighted move, the DC Council passed the Homeless Services Reform Amendment Act of 2010 (B18-1059) at Tuesday’s legislative session, with Councilmembers Cheh, Graham, Mendelson, and Thomas strongly […] Read more…
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