by dbs | Jul 11, 2022 | Homelessness
Nearly two decades ago, California voters passed a landmark tax on millionaires envisioned as a game changer for mental health. “No one who is mentally ill and now on the street will be on the street in five years,” promised the late Rusty Selix, who was executive...
by dbs | May 11, 2022 | Homelessness
Lorenzo Johnson has a Batman watch and a methamphetamine addiction. He has a pair of Vans and a schizophrenia diagnosis, a prison record and a niece named Jameelah Jones, who lives alongside him here in a small patch of shared squalor. Read or listen to the story at...
by dbs | Apr 17, 2022 | Homelessness
“She ran up to him and jumped up on him … he had a big ol’ smile on his face.” Read the article by Lily Feinn at:...
by dbs | Mar 23, 2022 | Homelessness
Mayor Muriel Bowser today celebrated the opening of the brand-new 801 East Men’s Shelter on the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8 — a milestone in the District’s efforts to overhaul services for individuals experiencing homelessness.The Bowser administration...
by dbs | Mar 21, 2022 | Homelessness
Before their lives violently intersected, two men who were shot to death and the man the police believe killed them had all fought the same scourge: severe mental illness. Read the complete article at...
by dbs | Jan 16, 2022 | Homelessness
As we experience a bitter blast of winter cold, the unhoused come to mind. The MLK Library Friends hope to reprise our 2014 “Sanctuary of Mind” conference about homelessness and libraries with new programming in the spring. More details to follow as that...
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