The Men of Valor choir is operated through Central Union Mission is a source of community and a musical outlet for unhoused ...

The United Planning Organization a nonprofit that runs the shelter hotline is expanding into running a housing program.

Under 100 veterans in Washington, D.C. were experiencing chronic homelessness, last year, Street Sense analyzes what causes ...

Vendor Jeffery McNeil explains how closing the door on political opposition creates only a fiercer version to contend with.

DC Central Kitchen's culinary job training program bridges economic divides for people facing high barriers to employment.

The Bellevue Back to School Bash helped many housing insecure families in the District prepare for back to school.

The ban preventing people from sleeping outside Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has yet to cause arrest but it has ...

Street Sense vendor Monique Rivers outlines what success means to her and explains how faith keeps her on the path to success ...

Street Sense vendor James Davis recalls how the government shutdown last October impacted his life and how he kept it ...

The District has closed 98 encampments through the end of July, an increase from the same period in 2025, during which D.C. closed 50 encampments, according to data from D.C.’s Office of the Deputy ...

After unsuccessfully lobbying the D.C. Council to restore its funding, the D.C. Commission on Poverty has been left reeling, wondering how it will fulfill its legally mandated obligations without ...

In Jennifer Muhammad’s eyes, everyone is royal, and everyone is family. Those she serves at her aptly named nonprofit organization, the New Royal Family, she proudly refers to as her “kings and queens ...