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Congressmen want D.C.'s funding of AIDS groups investigated

Saying that millions of federal dollars given to the District for HIV/AIDS treatment "have been lost, wasted and stolen by unscrupulous charities," two Republican congressmen called for an investigation Friday into how the city funds ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Darrell Issa,  Edolphus Towns,  Stephen Lynch,  Washington Post Company

D.C. students criticize sex education curriculum

D.C. public high school students who took part in focus groups on sexual health said they were unimpressed by the District's sex education curriculum, do not trust the school nurses who are obligated to counsel them about disease prevention and disdain ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Department of Health

Fenty Administration Faulted Over Homeless Services Funding

D.C. Council member Tommy Wells on Wednesday strongly criticized the Fenty administration's explanation for a shortfall in funding for services to the homeless, saying the rationale is contradictory and confusing. Wells (D-Ward 6), chairman of the ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Clarence Carter,  Tommy Wells,  Michael Brown (politician),  Catholic Charities

Shelters Fear Service Cuts in Winter

With cold weather approaching, providers of shelter for the homeless say they might have to close some fully occupied facilities if the city follows through on its plan to cut their budgets by an average of 30 percent. They are concerned they might have ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Catholic Charities,  Clarence Carter

Judge Deals Setback to Bid to Reopen Homeless Shelter

Homeless advocates were dealt a setback Wednesday in their bid to reopen the Franklin School Shelter when a federal judge said their claim that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty closed the shelter unfairly could not be argued in his court. U.S. District Judge ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Adrian M Fenty

D.C. Officials Squabble Over Cuts as Homeless Service Providers Scramble

A Fenty administration official denied Monday that $20 million has been cut from services to the homeless, asserting that a D.C. Council member was "flat wrong" when he made that claim Friday. This Story D.C. HOMELESSNESS: Officials Squabble, ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Clarence Carter,  Tommy Wells

Activists Urge D.C. Mayor to Get Out Front on HIV Prevention

When thousands gather for the District's annual AIDS Walk on Saturday, it will present D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty with the chance to issue an AIDS prevention call to arms to a city in the grip of a deadly epidemic. This Story Fenty Urged to Get Out ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  3 Oct 2009

Cuts in D.C. Homeless Services Budget

D.C. Council members and shelter providers were stunned to learn this week that the Fenty administration has cut $20 million from the city's homeless services budget for fiscal 2010. Advocates said the funding decrease likely will result in shelters ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Tommy Wells,  Adrian M Fenty

D.C. Initiative Moves 15 Homeless People Into Apartments

The D.C. government is quietly preparing to take nine homeless people off city streets and put them into publicly funded apartments, playing down any fanfare to protect the identities of the recipients, who are mentally ill. But moving day Thursday will ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Anthony A. Williams,  University of Pennsylvania

New D.C. AIDS Clinic Named in Honor of Actor-Activist

"But no one is here from the District of Columbia health department," said Michael Weinstein, the foundation's director. Weinstein said the foundation, which bills itself as the nation's largest nonprofit HIV/AIDS health-care provider, came to the ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Magic Johnson

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