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D.C.'s Catania orders AIDS office to answer HUD

After a federal threat to withhold millions in funding from the city because of poor oversight of AIDS programs, D.C. Council member David Catania on Monday ordered city health officials to gather the documents needed within 24 hours to address the ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: David Catania,  Washington Post Company

D.C. councilmember steps up response to questions about city's AIDS spending

In the wake of revelations about misspent funds for AIDS services, D.C. Council member David A. Catania vowed Monday to drag city health officials into health committee meetings every Friday for the rest of the year to address concerns. Catania called ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Washington Post Company

Vice President Biden serves lunch at homeless shelter

In a foray to the side of Washington that tourists and television cameras rarely see, Vice President Biden helped serve lunch Friday to dozens of homeless men at a shelter on the outskirts of downtown Washington. Biden's surprise visit to the Father ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: White House

AIDS study hopes to use HIV treatment as prevention

The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing this month to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS. As part of the ...

From DARRYL FEARS, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: National Institutes of Health,  Anthony S. Fauci,  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,  World Health Organization,  White House

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

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