The District is one of many cities across the country that have continued carrying out full homeless encampment cleanups during the public health emergency.

“You’re still being told what you can and cannot do and what’s best for you.”

Families aren’t being moved out of the family homeless shelter until September, but the city has started tearing it down anyway.

The eight-week Together We Bake program prepares women who are formerly incarcerated or experiencing homelessness to join the food service industry.

Breadcoin tokens can be exchanged for food at a handful of eateries across the city.

Miriam’s Studio offers twice-daily therapy sessions that use art to help guests work through emotional difficulties or trauma they might have experienced.

“People are acutely aware that a person can die if left overnight in very cold weather, but they are less aware of the dangers of heat.”

In the fact of looming federal cuts, a parallel family homelessness crisis, and an increasingly high cost of living, advocates are surprisingly optimistic.