“[Poverty] sucks up so much mental bandwidth – capacity spent wrestling with financial trade-offs, scarce resources, the gap between bills and income – that the poor have fewer cognitive resources left over to succeed at parenting, education, o…

For the first time in more than six years, the unemployment rate for adult women has surpassed that for adult men: http://nyti.ms/XDmsAr Colder weather in the southwest means more people are seeking shelter than usual in some parts of the country: h…

Next week is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Are you getting involved? How will the ‘fiscal cliff’ affect local nonprofits? http://wapo.st/Tw0klg Study on the poverty gap between men and women finds: “women in the U.S. were more likely…

Not only is homelessness growing in the District, but poverty is also rising in local suburbs: http://wapo.st/OWlgP5 “Every citizen of the United States is presumed to have the right to vote; however, not having a permanent address interferes with…

A look at the impact of government programs on poverty rates: http://wapo.st/QYSCmk “I was embarrassed. I was 14, and I was homeless.” – one student’s story about being homeless in high school: http://n.pr/TdE97y Mental health budget cuts ac…

We’re excited to announce that the WHF Foundation awarded Calvary and five other DC-metro area non-profits a community partnership grant. http://bit.ly/TO5paq Here’s a neat story about the vibrant, growing arts community in our new neighborhood:…

New York Times photography piece on homeless youths: http://nyti.ms/QiMQti Following the 2012 presidential race? Here’s a look at how Obama and Romney stack up when it comes to nonprofits. “D.C.’s child poverty rate is well above the natio…

Inspirational story about a student overcoming the challenges of being homeless to go on to college at Harvard: http://bit.ly/Nke5Uc UNICEF reports that the US has the second-highest rate of childhood poverty in the developed world: http://bit.ly/KF…

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 suggestions: http://wapo.st/xuFuRh “The District h…

Domestic violence conference shares some disturbing stories – internationally and right here in DC: http://wapo.st/yeXnbv The state of poverty in DC: “the District still holds a higher concentrated poverty rate than any state and ranks 10th-high…