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VI. SHELTERS, TRANSITIONAL, PERMANENT
HOUSING
Shelters, Transitional and Permanent Housing
Shelter (Individual) Overnight accommodations for unattached individuals.
Gender segregated facilities. Provides bed, meals, some
offer medical care, laundry, showers, social service
referrals. Length of stay 12 hours (7pm to 7am) except
during periods of hypothermia or hyperthermia. Space
available 1 st come, 1 st served.
Shelter (Family) Overnight accommodations for families. Provides bed,
meals, laundry, and telephone services. Some provide social
service referrals, child care, job training resources.
Transitional (Individual) Temporary housing for up to 24 months while receiving
case management services with the goal of securing
permanent housing, some provide job training, education,
counseling, life skills training.
Transitional (Family) Temporary housing for up to 24 months. Some provide
training for employment, education, referral services.
Market Rate Rent or purchase rate set at the fair value of the property.
Single Room Occupancy Houses one or two people in individual rooms. May include
(SRO) kitchens, bathrooms.
Permanent Supportive Provides homeless and disabled individuals and families
Housing affordable housing that is linked to supportive services for
those unable to live independently.
Public Housing Government-provided housing at low rent for families,
individuals.
Affordable Housing Housing for people on lower income in which rent or
mortgage does not exceed a specific percent.
A. Shelters
D.C. EMERGENCY HOT LINE - (Operated by United Planning Organization)
(202) 399-7093 or 1-800 535-7252
Delores Britt, Program Manager (202) 238-4719
Hotline maintains hourly tally of DC available beds for homeless adult & families.
The Hotline staff attempts to place residents according to needs. UPO also operates
hypothermia mobile vans for individuals and families in immediate need of shelter.
The Virginia Williams Family Resource Center - 920 Rhode Island Ave, NE 20002
(202) 724-3853, Fax (202) 526-1833
Allicon Smity, Program Manager
Intake for DC homeless families in need of shelter. Required: picture ID, SS card,
birth certificate (for each family member needing shelter together), statement of
income (SSI, TANF eligibility, W-2 form, and pay stub), writ of eviction or statement
of homelessness if living with family or friend. Children need NOT be present at
initial interview. Intake hours Mon-Thurs 8:30am to 4:00pm. Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless provides on-site consultations on Wednesdays 12:30pm.
Adult Resource Directory: 2013
Community & Confinement Access Guide