04.10.09 ::Press Release - Recruitment Fair Matches District Homeless with Apprenticeship Opportunities April 22 Event, Organized by the Coalition for the Homeless, is One of Many Services for the Community.
10.31.08 ::The students at the Leakie Elementary School in Southwest D.C. held their first mini-walk to support the Coalition as a part of Fannie Mae’s 21th Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon (HtH). Leakie Elementary School’s walk raise $2,000 to support the work of the Coalition. Pictured (l-r) are Sheree Pressley, program analyst for the Coalition, Ijeoma Wright, physical education teacher and Clementine Homesley, principal of the Leakie Elementary School.
02.14.08 ::District government officials, D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser (Ward 4), the Coalition for the Homeless and the community celebrate the opening of the new home of the La Casa Transitional Rehabilitation Program at 1131 Spring Road, NW. La Casa TRP provides temporary residential services for homeless men to help them to achieve self sufficiency.
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February 14, 2008 - District government officials, D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser (Ward 4), the Coalition for the Homeless and the community celebrate the opening of the new home of the La Casa Transitional Rehabilitation Program at 1131 Spring Road, NW. La Casa TRP provides temporary residential services for homeless men to help them to achieve self sufficiency. Services include meals, on site case management, substance abuse counseling, employment and housing placement assistance for up to 40 men. The La Casa TRP was temporarily transferred by the District government to the Spring Road location until the NEW La Casa is built at its current location on 1436 Irving Street, NW.
Far left, Michael P. Kelly, Executive Director of the D.C. Housing Authority, Center (l-r) Michael Nettles, Director of La Casa, Michael Ferrell, Executive Director Coalition for the Homeless, Clarence Carter, Director of the D.C. Department of Human Services, and D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser (Ward 4), and Dallas Williams and Fred Swann, Family Services Administration.
