Where Dreams Come Home
What is the main demand of "Where Dreams Come Home"?
Ensure youth and their families see investments into quality and affordable housing
What is the main demand of "Hear Us, Heal Us"?
Fund health services for Black youth so they can have access to quality, confidential care and competent, culturally responsive providers.
What is the main demand "Keep it Clean, No More Truancy"?
Fund and oversee the repairs and routine maintenance of schools for Black youth in DC.
What is the main demand of "Safe Passages for Youth"?
Address violence by investing in the community and supporting community-driven solutions that move beyond policing.
What is "Where Dreams Come Home" advocating be done to address late/sloppy repairs for low-income and public housing?
Ensure timely/quality repairs for public housing and low-income housing.
"Hear Us, Heal Us" advocates doing what to childcare options for people who have or are supporting children living in the District?
"Hear Us, Heal Us" advocates expanding childcare options for people who have or are supporting children living in the District.
What is the Department of General Services (DGS) and what to do they do for DC Public Schools?
The Department of General Services (DGS) is the government agency responsible for making repairs for D.C. public schools.
What kind of programs does "Safe Passage for Youth" advocate funding?
Community-led trainings to strengthen our community’s skills around mediation, conflict resolution, de-escalation techniques, and healthy coping mechanisms.
What does "Where Dreams Come Home" advocate be done about utility expenses?
"Where Dreams Come Home" advocates more money be used to cover utility expenses
What kind of pipeline does "Hear Us, Heal Us" advocate creating?
Hear Us, Heal Us" advocates creating a pipeline to Black health/mental health professionals
What does "Sanitation in School" advocate doing to ensure timely repairs are made in schools?
Increase funding for and improve process to ensure timely repairs in schools.
What does Safe Passages for Youth advocate be done to help young people get around their communities safely?
Fund free shuttles from/to school to designated areas in community
What kind of education courses does Where Dreams Come Home in K-12th grade curriculum?
Financial education courses
What does Hear Us, Heal Us say about public benefits?
Hear Us, Heal Us says youth should be allowed to have access to public benefits when no longer living at home.
In what wards are a majority of the open work orders of the Department of General Services located in?
Wards 4, 5, 7, and 8
What kind of spaces in the community does "Safe Passages for Youth" advocate creating?
24 hour safe spaces in the community, including recreation centers.
What percent of people in DC public housing are Black? What percent of Black people in DC are homeless?
About 90% of people in public housing are Black. 85 % of Black people in DC are homeless.
A DC Survey in 2017 found that [what percent] of high schools reported heaving attempted suicide compared to the national rate of 7.4%?
17 % of high schools reported heaving attempted suicide compared to the national rate of 7.4%
It takes the Department of General Services on average how many days to complete work orders?
It takes the Department of General Services 55 days to complete work orders.
In 2020 and 2021, what percent of D.C. youth reported being victims of, or witnessing, violence in their immediate neighborhoods?
7.4% percent of D.C. reported being victims of, or witnessing, violence in their immediate neighborhoods