Organization:
Pathways to Housing DC
Pathways to Housing DC oversees the District's largest homeless street outreach effort, funded through partnerships with the DowntownDC and Golden Triangle Business Improvement Districts, the DC Department of Behavioral Health, and the DC Department of Human Services. Our street outreach program aims to connect people living on the street with housing and the life-saving services they need.
In 2018, our outreach teams served 1,872 unduplicated people with 12,428 individual face-to-face contacts. Our teams completed thousands of housing assessments, helped hundreds of people obtain vital documents required as prerequisites for housing, and connected hundreds more to mental and physical healthcare services.
Our Outreach staff works to build trust with those experiencing homelessness first by helping to meet some of their basic needs (including food, clothing, showers, laundry, transportation, identification, etc.). Then, they partner with each individual to access housing, employment, medical care, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, and other services. Additionally, our nurse practitioner and psychiatrist conduct street visits to engage people with complex health needs not connected to other health services. The approach is not about maintaining homelessness but ending homelessness for those living on the street in downtown DC.
The Outreach team also responds to concerns about people experiencing homelessness in the area from police, other social service providers, business owners, workers, residents, and downtown visitors.
Application: To refer someone who is homeless and in need of assistance in the DowntownDC Business Improvement District, you may contact the DowntownDC BID Dispatch at
[email protected] or 202-624-1550.
To refer someone who is homeless in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, you may contact the Golden Triangle BID Dispatch at
[email protected] or 202-293-9580.
Schedules
Monday - Friday
:
8:00AM - 5:00PM
