Homeless Shelter
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Year-round homeless shelter proposed in Arlington
CommentAn office building in Arlington may help the fight against homelessness.
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Alexandria shelter gets facelift by volunteers
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Close to 100 people showed up despite the heat Tuesday to renovate the Alexandria community shelter, a major facelift that took just 24 hours.
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Kwame Brown fights to restore homeless shelters
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Brown fights proposed budget cuts that would only open shelters during 'freezing' months, closing them from April 1 to October 1.
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District putting homeless up In hotels
When the District government has to put up homeless families in hotels, it's a sign—perhaps even an important sign—that the city's shelter space has been and continues to be inadequate for families.
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National Alliance to End Homelessness praises DC initiatives
According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the District of Columbia has been doing a good job at helping the homeless to find more permanent housing. “There was a real effort on the part of the District government to identify chronically homeless people and get them into permanent supportive housing,” said Nan Roman, CEO of [...]
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A challenging 48 hours on the streets
By Mary Otto Editor The group of students and young staffers from Gettysburg College checked in at the National Coalition for the Homeless halfway through their 48-hour Homeless Challenge dirty, exhausted, but already wiser. For 24 hours, they had been living by their wits, and the kindness of strangers, panhandling, catching a little warmth in libraries and Metro stations.
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The cold reality of homelessness in Alexandria
Approximately 10% of Northern Viriginia's 3,000 homeless reside in Alexandria. Carpenter's Shelter is opening it's annual emergency shelter for those trying to escape the cold.
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Arlington hopes to find new homeless shelter site in 2011
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A larger, more comprehensive center for serving the homeless has been on the agenda for some time.
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A-SPAN holding Christmas Eve dinner for local homeless
The Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network is holding a Christmas Eve dinner for local homeless individuals at the county’s Emergency Winter Shelter in Courthouse.
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Boy Scouts get involved in homeless-shelter discussion
Supporters of a proposal to create a year-round shelter for the homeless in Arlington appear to be picking up allies among local Boy Scouts.
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Homeless hunker in tents
A couple of cold days is not enough to send the majority of those who are homeless in Frederick indoors
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Recovery slow for the neediest
Calls in county for shelter, food, clothes remain high.
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Homeless in Fairfax? Where to go to stay warm
County's online forum addresses concerns for winter.
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'Cooking for Character' by Northwest High students
Northwest students Max and Aidan Frankel lead a cookie club to benefit local homeless shelters.
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Cold-weather shelter in Frederick holds open house today
Every year during the second weekend of November, the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs opens the doors of its free, 80-bed shelter.
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A Look Inside the County’s Emergency Winter Shelter
Arlington’s emergency winter shelter in Courthouse is now open and serving dozens of homeless individuals.
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Some advocates for homeless say residency requirements could backfire
Hypothermia season is officially underway for D.C.'s homeless population. The city is one of the few jurisdictions that guarantees shelter during the colder months.
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As shelters move farther out, network of buses connects homeless with downtown
As the District government shifts shelters from downtown to more outlying areas, it has established an unusual bus network to transport the homeless back and forth.
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