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 ...

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 ...

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

As I reflect on my three days at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in the District. I’m reminded how the American homelessness crisis is not a static tragedy; it is a dynamic ...

The 2026 National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) Conference marked my sixteenth year in attendance. While we have come a long way in programs attempting to address the needs of people suffering ...

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 ...

A survey conducted at the end of last year gives new insight into young people experiencing homelessness in the District. In a May meeting of the D.C. Interagency Council on Homelessness, The ...