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BFC in the News:

 

"Bread for the City Expanding" Washingtonpost.com, 3.25.09

 

"Bread for the City limits hours" [RealAudio] [WindowsMedia]
WAMU, March 13, 2009

 

Medicaid Patients Face Lack of Access to Healthcare in D.C., WAMU [audio], February 25, 2009

January 2009: Bread for the City's Dr. Randi Abramson receives AMA Foundation's Excellence in Medicine Award

January 2009: Bread for the City receives $1.35m grant from DCPCA for medical center expansion

 

"Food Banks Adapt for Leaner Times"

Washington Post, November 23, 2008

 

"Report urges better legal services for poor" 

Afro-American, October 16, 2008

 

"Advocates Work for Right to Vote for Homeless"
WAMU Radio, September 26, 2008

 

"What Happened to the Food Surplus"
The AARP Bulletin, September 8, 2008

 

"Area Food Pantries Try To Watch What They Mete"

The Washington Post, July 29, 2008

"Obama: The Nonprofit Sector's Favorite Son?"

Blue Avacado, June 29, 2008


Read more articles about BFC or by BFC staff.

 

 

 

Community resources & links

Public Benefits

Department of Human Services
Social Security Online

 

Housing / Homelessness

Calvary Women's Services
Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV)
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place
Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness
Coalition for the Homeless
District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA)
District Alliance for Safe Housing: Housing Resource Center
House of Ruth
Housing Counseling Services
Downtown BID Homeless Services
Gospel Rescue Ministries
HUD
Interagency Council on Homelessness
Miriam's Kitchen
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless
N Street Village
Our Place DC

For shelter referrals, outreach and transportation services for homeless persons in the DC area,

please call the Shelter Hotline: 1-800-535-7252 or 202-399-7093.

 

Dental

Bread for the City's list of free and low-cost dental care providers.

 

Food

Capital Area Food Bank
So Others Might Eat (SOME)
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)

DC Food Finder


Mental health
DMH access helpline: 1 (888) 793-4357
Green Door
Community Connections

 

Employment
Byte Back
Employment Justice Center
Jubilee Jobs
Samaritan Ministry
SOME Center for Employment Training

 

Medical Care / Insurance
D.C. Government Health Care Website
D.C. Chartered Health Plan
Health Right
Unity Health Care

 

Legal

AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly
DC Bar
Employment Justice Center
www.Lawhelp.org/DC
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

 

Other Community Agencies
So Others Might Eat (SOME)
Unity Health Care
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
United Planning Organization (UPO)
Manna Mortgage

 

DC Government
Contact your City Council Member

 

On-line Resource Guides

DC 211 Answers Please 

Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington – Emergency Directory 
DC Metro Area Self Sufficiency Calculator