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.


EMPLOYMENT SERVICES CENTER
As part of its mission, the Coalition continues to work with unemployed homeless individuals and heads-of-households through its Employment Services and Training Division. Its goal is to provide participants with the job skills they need for independent living.

 

 

1725 Lincoln Road NE
 
 
Services for single adults at the Emery House and family heads of households at Virginia Williams Family Resource Center.

In 2008, the Coalition assisted 223 individuals to obtain employment.
920 A- Rhode Island Ave N.E.
Virginia Williams Family
Resource Center

 
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