Thank You Letter from A Recently Housed Veteran
To Ashley Wilkerson (Case Manager), Leonard Chari (COO), and All of the staff at Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN), I want to offer my sincerest appreciation to ALL of you for your most needed humanitarian work with those of us who have fallen on hard times in our lives…and that includes me. (Read the […]
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$24 Buys a 10-quart stockpot for the kitchen at the new Homeless Services Center $72 Buys 2 portion control scales for the kitchen at the new Homeless Services Center $240 Buys three tiered plastic bus cart for busing tables at the kitchen at the new Homeless Services Center $48 Buys 4 dozen 12-ounce drink tumblers […]
Read moreArlington’s no-silos approach has housed hundreds of chronically homeless adults
Late at night, David Clark wakes up and goes to the kitchen to choose from the boxes of cereal atop his refrigerator. He pours cold milk into the bowl and counts his blessings. Toilet paper, which he keeps in abundant supply. Body wash that lathers up nicely. A machine to shampoo the rugs in his […]
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“I didn’t think it would happen to me,” said Mr. Alvin Hill. It is a common refrain for people when first facing homelessness. That thought is what occurred to Mr. Hill six years ago when he first faced this harsh reality. The last thing Hill, who is a veteran, expected was to find himself living […]
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After being honorably discharged in 1975, John – like many Vietnam veterans – struggled with mental illness and sought treatment for his condition in Bethesda. After being released, he managed to secure housing but continued to struggle with his mental illness. Issues with his veteran benefits led to him losing housing, and over the next […]
Read moreAll People Matter with Ayana Bellamy

Did you know that March is also celebrated as National Social Work month? The theme this year, selected by the National Association of Social Workers, is “All People Matter.” Thoroughly believing this, we want to introduce more of you to Ayana Bellamy, our Senior Permanent Supportive Housing Case Manager, who practices this belief every day […]
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