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{Client Victory – 4/11/11}
(Please Note: We post “Client Victories” each Monday on our Facebook and Twitter pages) JG was on the wait list for a Section 8 housing voucher for approximately 10 years when she came to intake and met with volunteer attorney Natalie Popovic. She told Ms. Popovic that she had come in for a Section 8 […] 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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Home Front: Official Newsletter of WLCH – We Need Your Feedback!
Hi everyone! We recently launched our new e-newsletter, “Home Front,” and would love to have you subscribe! Read the newsletter. This is a work in progress, and we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below about what you like/don’t like, what information you’d like to hear from us, stories you would like […] Read more…
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The Ambiguities of Hypothermia Season – A Home Court Fellow Speaks Out
By Kate Gannon, Lane Evans Home Court Fellow at Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Since starting my Home Court fellowship at Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (WLCH) I find myself checking the weather and hoping for a very cold forecast. Usually at this time of year I am anxiously anticipating the arrival of […] 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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A WLCH Post-Graduate Fellow Shares Her Reflections on Hypothermia Season
By Tashira Halyard, Washington Legal Clinic Post-Graduate Fellow February 18, 2011 Watching tears stream down the face of a 24-year-old woman with two young children, I see a reflection of myself. Maybe at one point our lives were interchangeable and only a few decisions caused our paths to diverge. She’s been kicked out of her […] Read more…
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