From the Washington Post: Area foundations’ giving dropped 9.6% in 2009 after economy crashed http://bit.ly/b8S8Bk Sen.Tom Coburn (R-Okla) blocks a bill that would provide benefits to female veterans who are homeless. http://huff.to/b3fPsK A ho…

DC’s Street Sense reports: Homeless Advocates Come Together for Solutions http://bit.ly/bL7wwm The nonprofit Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transition Services (FACETS) is piloting a program to move homeless families straight into housing, r…

Report finds rise in DC poverty to nearly 1 in 5 residents http://bit.ly/9coAOw Homelessness puts women at increased risk for rape and sexual assault http://bit.ly/cfLj3E 12-yr-old begins a 2,478-mile “March Across America” to raise mone…

DC’s approach to homelessness- ‘It’s Still Big Buildings Full Of People’ http://bit.ly/dmV3h9 Startling revelations about DC’s shelter for homeless families at DC General: http://bit.ly/aeGInp Fascinating new display being used by Path…

A story about youth homelessness – and the importance of building a bridge for former foster youth http://bit.ly/a0a8iD The Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project began a program to donate extra food from two dining halls to New Haven’s…

Over 15 million women are poor and women were 35% more likely to live in poverty than men in ’08 http://bit.ly/dzK9CX At least 43 states have imposed cuts that hurt the most vulnerable residents. http://www.cbpp.org/t266 Fairfax Co. approved a…