DC Residents are Hurting While the City Has a $140 Million Surplus! 

Lack of funding for critical safety net programs and services has led to a crisis in DC.  The Mayor and DC Council have already prioritized these programs as needing additional funding - funding which if not restored, will have real and potentially life-threatening consequences for DC residents:

• Half of all shelter beds in the District may close this spring, forcing nearly 1,200 homeless men and women to sleep on the street.
• DC families struggling to get back to work will not receive assistance to get employment and other essential services and their already meager cash benefits will be further cut, making it impossible for them to meet their families' most basic daily needs.
• The production of affordable housing - the only real solutionto homelessness - will never keep up with the alarming number of affordable housing units DC continues to lose each year.

It's time to take action!  DC has already identified an estimated $140 million surplus, and this surplus may increase to $250 million by February!  Email the Mayor and DC Council now!