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One Step Closer

We are building hope for healthy families in Ward 8 - through our new Conway Health and Resource Center, opening Winter 2013.

Just not enough

Our city just doesn't have enough healthcare providers. So health issues just grow more challenging for DC's families in key wards.

More and more

The number of homeless families living in the District of Columbia grew by 18.6% since last year.

Stories of Hope

Happy to be Home, Still Waiting on a Heart

“I was getting weaker and weaker, and breathing had become very difficult,” Karen recalls.

This was just the beginning of challenges for Karen – an active, healthy mom of 3. She soon received a diagnosis no 48-year-old wants to hear: congestive heart failure, resulting in a need for a heart transplant. Her medical issues required her to stop working and as you know, loss of one income can be devastating. For Karen and her family, it resulted in eviction and 7 years of homelessness.

After three heart surgeries, medical problems and financial difficulties, her family was fragmented.