April 6, 2012
In California, controversy over officials seizing the belongings of homeless individuals leads to a lawsuit: http://lat.ms/Hm9Q7m “About 5 to 10% of homeless people have pets.” Story about a nonp…
April 3, 2012
“Calvary brought the hope back. It brought the future back. It brought light at the end of the tunnel back.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4PISzPx61Y] If you were at last year’s Hope…
March 30, 2012
Fun community event in Calvary’s new neighborhood this April! http://www.lumen8anacostia.com/ Outrage over the death of a homeless woman in jail after being arrested for refusing to leave the emerg…
March 27, 2012
by Jen Van Ness, Case Manager at Calvary Women’s Shelter “As you’re ready, begin to notice your breath. Just notice that you are breathing. There is nothing special you have to do with y…
March 23, 2012
Controversy springs up in Congress over the Violence Against Women Act: http://bit.ly/wrVRqA Responding to the trend of “longer bouts of homelessness” for women in DC: http://wapo.st/zA31Jv Breas…
March 16, 2012
The Homeless Hotspots story has been getting a lot of attention in the media this week… but how about the real “hotspots” of homelessness in the US? http://bit.ly/yXPz8W Some conflicting numb…
March 13, 2012
“Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a hea…
March 9, 2012
Montgomery County has seen a huge increase in chronic homelessness lately: http://wapo.st/xU7ENt Yesterday was International Women’s Day. How did you celebrate? The Washington Post offered a few su…
March 5, 2012
Today’s guest post comes from Janet, the Case Manager at our Pathways program. In her first post for the Calvary Comments blog, Janet shared her thoughts on what a day in the life of a case manager…