Relevant News & Press

"Forum Calls on Fenty to Remember Needy: Residents, Advocates Discuss Priorities"
March 25, 2007, The Washington Post

"Childhood Poverty Is Found to Portend High Adult Costs"
January 25, 2007, The New York Times

"Tent Cities Across France Stake Claims for the Homeless"
January 11, 2007, The Washington Post

"House, by a Wide Margin, Backs Minimum-Wage Rise"
January 11, 2007, The New York Times

"Plan Aims at Health Care for Uninsured"
November 14, 2006, The Washington Times

"Panel Calls for Big Changes in Medicaid"
November 23, 2006, New York Times

"So Others Might Eat (SOME): Caring and Sharing with All in our Community"
November, 2006, East of the River

"A D.C. Neighborhood Finds Itself in Unhealthy Condition"
November 24, 2006, The Washington Post

"So Children Can Flourish"
October, 2006, Washington Spaces Magazine

"Families In District Struggling For Shelter"
October 22, 2006, The Washington Times

"Designed To Inspire"
October 19, 2006, The Washington Post

"$248 million eyed for D.C. health care"
September 27, 2006, The Washington Post

"A Perpetual Emergency"
July 6, 2006, The Washington Post

"High Hopes For Healthier Washington: Effort Would Make Care Accessible Across the City"
June 15, 2006, The Washington Post

"Welcome the Homeless and the Mission"
June 8, 2006, The Washington Post

"For Those in Need, Service With a Smile: Grant Program Revamps Low-Income Dental Clinic"
June 8, 2006, The Washington Post District Extra

"'Funding crunch' could cripple health alliance Washington"
May 26, 2006, The Washington Business Journal

"So Others Might Eat Opens Expanded Dental Clinic"
May 25, 2006, DCPCA Reformer

"HUD Secretary Celebrates National Volunteers Week"
May 4, 2006, The Washington Informer

"D.C. Group Stops Meals At Homeless Shelters: Nonprofit Says It Needs More City Funding"
May 2, 2006, The Washington Post

"Making a Flophouse a Home, and a Decent One at That"
April 30, 2006, The New York Times

"Mayor Vows to Block Ouster of 211 Families: HUD Decides to End Rent Payments of Complex's Poor, Raising Eviction Fear"
April 28, 2006, The Washington Post

"Rent Contract at Temple Courts Complex to End: Federal Officials' Plan Would Remove Hundreds From Their Homes, the Owner of the Building Says"
April 27, 2006, The Washington Post

"Making a Dent in Homelessness: D.C. Rent Act Aims to Reduce List of 52,000 Waiting for Aid"
March 8, 2006, The Washington Post

"At Tax Clinic, Some Relief From Those Low-Income Blues"
February 1, 2006, The Washington Post

"D.C.'s Not So Mean Streets: Survey Finds City More Accepting of Homeless Than Other Areas"
January 12, 2006, The Washington Post

"Homeless Seeking Help Drawn to Fair by Hope: City and Groups Reach Out to District Families After Criticism for Aiding Katrina Evacuees First"
December 18, 2005, The Washington Post

"Rents Rising Fast, Straining Many Families, Study Says: Average Monthly Cost Is $1,241"
November 24, 2005, The Washington Post

"At Shelter, Pleas for Reforms: Council Holds Public Hearing at D.C. Village on Living Conditions"
October 20, 2005, The Washington Post

"Katrina's Cost to the Poor"
October 20, 2005, The Washington Post

"Nation taking a new look at homelessness, solutions"
October 11, 2005, USA TODAYt

"That Was a Short War on Poverty"
October 14, 2005, The Washington Post

"Another Offer of Millions For Poor D.C. Residents: Sursum Corda Land Deal Could Double"
October 12, 2005, The Washington Post

"$1 Million Awarded For Clinics in D.C.: 7 Nonprofits Aim to Help Underserved"
October 6, 2005, The Washington Post

"For the Poor, Sudden Celebrity"
September 22, 2005, The Washington Post

"Every Day, We Ignore the Everyday Poor"
September 16, 2005, The Washington Post

"Anti-poverty bill, not finger-pointing, will help"
September 16, 2005, The Washington Times

"The Other Side of Charity's Coin: Crisis Prompts Aid for Evacuees, but Area's Homeless Feel Left Behind"
September 16, 2005, The Washington Post

"In D.C. Area, Even Subsistence Proves Pricey: Income Needed to Cover Basics Has Skyrocketed"
September 14, 2005, The Washington Post

"Number of D.C. Affordable Housing Units Plunge: Officials Urged to Offset Effects of Soaring Rents, Home Prices"
September 13, 2005, The Washington Post

"Measuring the Economy May Not Be as Simple as 1, 2, 3"
August 29, 2005, The Washington Post

"DC’s Healthcare for the City’s Poor Gets Low Marks"
May 31, 2005, Street Sense

"Editorial: Renewal or Removal?"
May 17, 2005, The Washington Post

"Annual Count Finds More Homelessness: Workers Stranded by Housing Costs"
May 12, 2005, The Washington Post

"Affordable Apartments Ready for D.C. Families: Nonprofit Displays 21 Units in Southeast"
May 8, 2005, The Washington Post

"A Promising Prognosis for D.C.'s Poorest"
April 17, 2005, The Washington Post

"A Bastion Of Hope For D.C.'s Homeless: Shelter Offers Model For On-Site Services"
April 17, 2005, The Washington Post

"Landlords Accused of Rejecting Vouchers: Test Calls Sought District Housing"
April 11, 2005, The Washington Post

"Mental hospital in works for 2007"
April 1, 2005, The Washington Times

"Illegally Cut Off From Shelter: Homeless Family's Hotline Rejection Seen as Symbol of D.C. System's Failings"
February 11, 2005, The Washington Post

"Remember the Poor"
February 7, 2005, The Washington Post

"Shelter From the Soaring Costs: For Working Poor Priced Out of Area Housing, Charles County's White House Motel Becomes a Welcome Haven"
February 7, 2005, The Washington Post

"Annual Count Reveals Some Faces of the 'Hidden Homeless': Frederick Woods Shroud Struggles"
January 30, 2005, The Washington Post

"D.C. Shelter Residents Protest Move"
January 29, 2005, The Washington Post

"Homelessness Dej` Vu"
January 29, 2005, The Washington Post

"District Health System Faulted: Critical Shortages Cited by Report"
January 29, 2005, The Washington Post

"Development Over Compassion"
January 27, 2005, The Washington Post

"D.C. Council Might Require More Affordable Housing Units"
January 26, 2005, The Washington Post

"D.C. health alliance: In 'critical' condition"
January 24, 2005, Bizjournals

"Bush Plans Sharp Cuts in HUD Community Efforts"
January 14, 2005, The Washington Post

"Changing the Lives Of D.C.'s Children"
December 15, 2004, The Washington Post

"SD.C. Homeless Protest Reaches City Hall"
December 10, 2004, The Washington Post

"Home Prices Outpace Area Wages, Study Says"
December 9, 2004, The Washington Post

"Hospital With Up to 300 Beds Is Proposed for SE"
November 5, 2004, The Washington Post

"Without a Home . . . Once Again: Despite Uncertain Plans for Sale, Randall Shelter Closes in SW"
November 4, 2004, The Washington Post

"Fannie, Freddie to expand low-income lending"
November 1, 2004, Washington Business Journal

"Priced out"
November 1, 2004, Washington Business Journal

"A Reluctant Migration: Shelter's Closure Forces Homeless Farther From Downtown, Critics Say"
October 21, 2004, The Washington Post

"Campaign 2004: Vote by poor may skyrocket this year"
October 12, 2004, Seattle Post - Intelligencer

"Baseball Just Whitewashes Mayor's Image"
September 30, 2004, The Washington Post

"Poor Face Reduced Rent Aid: Officials Foresee Homeless Increase"
October 3, 2004, The Washington Post

"Poverty and Health"
August 31, 2004, The Washington Post

"A New Face for Housing Aid"
August 31, 2004, The New York Times

"Campaign Hopes to Turn Out the Homeless Vote" (pdf, 8.7KB)
August 15, 2004, The New York Times

"Suiting Up: Clothes may not make the woman. But they might make the woman employed," (pdf, 21.6KB)
August 8, 2004, The Washington Post

"Voter Registration Drive Targets the Homeless in 16 States, D.C.," (pdf, 8.5KB)
July 23, 2004, The Washington Post

"Number of Homeless Up Slightly for 4th Year: Support Programs Give Many Stability," (pdf, 14KB)
June 10, 2004, The Washington Post

"Activists Warning City Against Closing Shelters," (pdf, 14KB)
March 14, 2004, The Washington Post

"Following the Need: So Others Might Eat" (pdf, 32KB)
February 2004, Voice of the Hill

"Washingtonian of the Year: Mark Shields" (pdf, 87KB)
January 2004, Washingtonian Magazine