August 12, 2011

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

California vetoed a bill to protect people who are homeless against hate crimes despite the recent violence against a homeless man in the state: http://bit.ly/n3EuDR An important step in ending homel…
August 5, 2011

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

In case you missed it, read Street Sense’s feature on Calvary’s expansion here! http://bit.ly/nUiL9T Great piece in the Washington Post about Ann Oliva streamlining support for homeless individua…
July 29, 2011

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

 The Washington Post’s reported this week on the changing Anacostia neighborhood that Calvary Women’s Services will soon call home. The number of recent veterans experiencing homelessness has do…
July 22, 2011

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

 This week’s heat wave puts people who are homeless at risk: http://huff.to/oEWxJY 32% of DC residents who are unemployed have been out of a job for over a year. http://on.wsj.com/oQDCz7 Renov…
July 18, 2011

Calvary Women’s Services launches $3 millio…

Project that will transform vacant building and provide a new Home – and Hope – for  homeless women underway on Good Hope Road.  At a time when many social service providers have been forced by…
July 8, 2011

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

Seeking shelter from the hot summer weather: http://bit.ly/rbK2uD A new HUD program aims to help homeowners in danger of foreclosure: http://wapo.st/lfpUj8 No good news on unemployment – http://bit…
June 24, 2011

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

Although the city has made progress, AIDS remains a significant concern in the district … and homeless women in D.C. are more likely to be affected than the general population: http://wapo.st/k…
June 21, 2011

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

What do you call a six-run comeback by the Nats, a rare June night that requires a sweatshirt, and a group of Calvary supporters gathered together? ABSOLUTELY PERFECT (of course, if you’re a Cardina…
June 17, 2011

Friday Round-up: this week in the news

HUD issued their annual homelessness assessment report to congress this week. Read a summary of this year’s findings here: http://1.usa.gov/l9ovpj Local organizations working to prevent and end hom…
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