News
The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID)’s Public Space Management department this spring began facilitating a series of neighborhood walk-throughs with city agencies to bring immediate attention to local concerns. The […]
The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) promotes the Housing First approach in tandem with social and mental health services for chronic homeless individuals. The DowntownDC BID contracts with Pathways to […]
The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) has a 16-year history of funding homeless outreach services and is committed to ending chronic homelessness for individuals. The BID is encouraged by the recent […]
The DowntownDC BID promotes the Housing First approach in tandem with social and mental health services for chronic homeless individuals. The DowntownDC BID contracts with Pathways to Housing DC to provide […]
A homeless person well known to most Downtowners was a man we’ll call Mr. C. He camped out every day on various Downtown streets, most recently at 13th and G […]
The Downtown Homeless Services Team first met Timothy, 62, several months ago. At the time, the native Washingtonian was panhandling near Ford’s Theatre (511 10th Street). The team, comprised of […]
John L. has been a fixture on Downtown streets for more than 20 years, primarily sleeping along 14th Street and New York Avenue and in Franklin Park, where the Downtown […]
Last summer, we reported on Wendell, a homeless man with severe mental illness and chronic health problems, who occupied a park bench in the 900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. We’re […]
Program
Community Service Locations: Bethany Women’s Center 1333 N St NW (202) 939–2076 www.nstreetvillage.org Bread for the City 1525 7th St NW (202) 265–2400 www.breadforthecity.org Bright Beginnings Inc. 128 M St […]
Panhandling is a critical concern in Downtown and throughout the city. Although homeless individuals are not alone in soliciting, panhandling is pervasive enough to be disturbing to Downtown visitors, workers […]
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