FY27 DHS Budget Cuts
The Foundation’s Executive Director urges DC Council to restore the youth homeless services budget to at least $24 million in recurring funding, including restoring $1.53 million for permanent supportive (extended transitional) housing and $755,000 for transitional housing.
DC LGBTQ Budget Coalition urges city to boost funding for queer programs
Among the LGBTQ and LGBTQ supportive organizations that are members of the D.C. LGBTQ Budget Coalition are Capital Pride Alliance, the D.C. Center for the LGBT Community, Capital Stonewall Democrats, the Wanda Alston Foundation, the LGBTQ youth advocacy group SMYAL, the sex worker advocacy group HIPS, the Washington AIDS Partnership, Us Helping Us, the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), the ANC Rainbow Caucus, Damien Ministries, and the Latin American Youth Center.