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NewsBy Kaela Roeder June 21, 2023
A new guaranteed income pilot launches in DC
A new guaranteed income pilot has come to the District to assist Black mothers with children involved in the child welfare system.
NewsBy Cole Kindiger June 14, 2023
Q&A: What’s next for Juneteenth in DC — A conversation with Chuck Hicks
As D.C. residents prepare for a week of celebration, a community leader looks ahead to the pending activation of the Juneteenth Commission.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia / Athiyah Azeem June 7, 2023
DC is quietly closing more encampments, as residents have fewer places to go
D.C. is moving to close more encampments, sometimes with only 24 hours’ notice for the encampment residents.
NewsBy Cole Kindiger June 7, 2023
People for Fairness Coalition celebrates fifteenth anniversary
Over 130 people flocked to Franklin Park to celebrate the People for Fairness Coalition’s fifteenth anniversary.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia June 7, 2023
DC returned millions of federal grants intended to end homelessness
Over the last 5 years, D.C. has had to return millions in federal grants to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia May 31, 2023
DC Council passes 2024 budget
The D.C. Council passed the city’s fiscal year 2024 budget on March 30, reversing cuts proposed by the mayor.
NewsBy Athiyah Azeem May 24, 2023
DC closes long-standing downtown encampment
The city permanently removed the people living outside of Street Sense Media’s offices.
NewsBy Athiyah Azeem / Annemarie Cuccia May 24, 2023
Advocates protest mayor’s claim that only 221 people experience homelessness in DC
Advocates protested outside Mayor Muriel Bowser’s home after she said only 221 people are homeless in the District at an oversight hearing.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia May 24, 2023
The laws DC is funding in this year’s budget
D.C.’s budget will help the city implement bills to protect domestic workers, street vendors and young people in foster care.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia May 17, 2023
Homelessness in DC is on the rise. What should the city do about it?
Homelessness in DC rose for the first time in years, as the city debated cutting funding for programs aimed at preventing and ending it.
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia May 11, 2023
DC has a social worker shortage. Councilmembers hope these proposals will help.
Two bills before the D.C. Council would make it easier for D.C. residents to become a social worker in homeless services.
DCHA director will step down amidst agency overhaul
D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) Director Brenda Donald will step down this summer mid-way through the troubled agency’s overhaul.
NewsBy Alexia Partouche May 10, 2023
New legislation could allow DC to help tenants purchase their buildings. Some worry it could encroach on community land trusts.
Councilmember Nadeau intends to introduce legislation that would give tenant groups more support from the city to purchase property.
NewsBy Kaela Roeder May 3, 2023
Report shows DC children are missing out on the School Breakfast Program
Many D.C. children in public and public charter schools are missing out on the School Breakfast Program, according to a recent report by D.C. Hunger Solutions.
NewsBy Alexia Partouche May 3, 2023
Honoring the life of Marcellus Phillips
Street Sense artist, vendor, and former vendor program associate Marcellus Phillips died in late February. He was 43.
NewsBy Kaela Roeder April 26, 2023
Advocates, councilmembers rally against mayor’s proposed budget
Advocates gathered on April 25 at the steps of the John A. Wilson building to demand the D.C. Council reject Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget.
NewsBy Athiyah Azeem April 19, 2023
DMHHS clears Deanwood forested encampment
A small forest behind a row of single family detached homes in Ward 7’s Deanwood neighborhood provided ample shade to…
NewsBy Annemarie Cuccia April 19, 2023
Street Sense vendors host poetry slam
Street Sense Media vendors read their work aloud at a poetry slam at Planet Word.
Why it’s so hard for former foster youth to find stable housing
As vouchers go unused, former foster youth in D.C. say the city’s child welfare agency’s housing options aren’t successful.
NewsBy Alexia Partouche April 13, 2023
DC families who file their tax returns could receive monthly stipends
The new monthly basic income program provides monthly stipends to eligible families who file their tax returns.
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