Content categorized as COVID-19

DC health clinics adjust operations in face of COVID-19 pandemic

Day-to-day operations look different now in many of the District’s health care providers that serve low-income and homeless residents. Whitman-Walker Health, Community of Hope, Unity Health Care, and La Clínica del Pueblo are re-orienting care to virtual platforms and instituting protocols for personal protective equipment to keep both patients and providers safe. 

Five shelter residents have tested positive for COVID-19, DHS says

DHS Director Laura Zeilinger confirmed that five shelter residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and are being treated either in quarantine or in a hospital. Individuals in quarantine are being housed in one of three local hotels.

Poor and homeless people are included in the CARES Act stimulus, but they’ll probably have to “raise their hand” to get it

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides for stimulus payments to every adult and every child with a valid Social Security number. The legislation is more inclusive than previous recession relief packages but experts say D.C.’s most vulnerable residents are still the farthest away from receiving help.

Despite COVID-19 closures, restaurants and other nontraditional sources are feeding people in need

More than 20 District restaurants, agencies, and organizations are providing free meals to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic.

From our CEO: Street Sense Media suspends print newspaper publication amid public health pandemic

Street Sense Media’s CEO announces the temporary suspension of print publication of Street Sense and calls for support and donations for homeless vendors.

A text-alert service for DC’s homeless community is tracking which services are still open during the COVID-19 outbreak

The text-message based notification service is maintaining guide to service providers that are staying open while D.C. deals with the coronavirus.

DC neighbors step up to help each other as coronavirus-related closures and anxiety increase

From Facebook groups to restaurants, people across the District are finding ways to help out their fellow community members amid the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19: Separating Fact from Fiction

With the coronavirus pandemic impacting people across the country, here these are five myths and the truth about them.

From our CEO: What’s needed is an outbreak of kindness

Street Sense Media’s CEO calls community members to support their vulnerable neighbors during COVID-19 precautions. For his organization, customers can pay vendors through its mobile app.

DC service organizations to stay open amid coronavirus-related closures

As the District copes with the spread of COVID-19, more than a dozen organizations that provide essential services to the homeless said they will stay open.

In public health emergency, housing is (still) healthcare

Advocates with Miriam’s Kitchen and The Way Home campaign ask what a state of emergency looks like for people already in crisis.