Friday Round-up: this week in the news

  • We’re excited to announce that the WHF Foundation awarded Calvary and five other DC-metro area non-profits a community partnership grant. http://bit.ly/TO5paq
  • Here’s a neat story about the vibrant, growing arts community in our new neighborhood: http://bit.ly/PciMON
  • “Around 123,000 D.C. residents – one in five – live in poverty” and fewer employers are providing health insurance: http://bit.ly/U9AL8O
  • California is trying to better safeguard the rights of homeless people to reclaim property seized by the police: http://bit.ly/PWnKxZ
  • “Household income fell in 2011 for the fourth straight year.” http://wapo.st/SHRDbt

Recent Posts

Back to Blog
May 23, 2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

RECOGNIZING MENTAL HEALTH MONTH AT CALVARY May is Mental Health Awareness Month—a time to shine a spotlight on the critical connection between mental health and homelessness. In Washington, DC, near…
June 9, 2025

Hope Begins Here!

For 43 years, Calvary Women’s Services has never closed its doors. And now, in the face of shrinking government funding and an 18% rise in homelessness, we are preparing to meet a new wave of chall…
July 28, 2025

Behind the Scenes of Hope: Celebrating the He…

On July 18th, the Calvary Women’s Services team gathered for our annual staff cookout. This year’s cookout took place at our Reach Up program site, and true to form, the Reach Up team brou…