Mayor Bowser to Launch Solid Foundations DC: The District’s Comprehensive Plan to End Youth Homelessness

(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Friday, May 19, at 10:30 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will announce Solid Foundations DC, the District’s first strategic plan focused on the needs of unaccompanied youth. Led by the DC Interagency Council on Homelessness (ICH), the Solid Foundations DC plan will serve as a roadmap for building an effective system of care for unaccompanied youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness.   
 
The goal is to ensure youth experiencing a housing crisis will have access to stable housing. Mayor Bowser’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget includes $2.4 million to start implementation of this comprehensive plan. 
 
Under Mayor Bowser’s leadership, Washington, DC has invested more per capita in affordable housing than any other jurisdiction in the country, committing more than $106 million to the construction and preservation of more than 1,200 housing units in the last fiscal year. Since taking office, Mayor Bowser has launched new homeless prevention services which have prevented 3,000 families from staying in shelters and increased investments in permanent housing programs by nearly 60 percent, developed interim eligibility to provide immediate shelter for families in urgent need, helped more than 2,700 families avoid homeless services system altogether and connected more than 1,800 veterans to permanent housing. 
 
WHO:
Mayor Muriel Bowser
HyeSook Chung, Deputy Mayor, Health and Human Services
Kristy Greenwalt, Director, Interagency Council on Homelessness

WHEN:
Friday, May 19, at 10:30 am

WHERE:
Casa Ruby
2822 Georgia Avenue, NW
*Closest Metro: Columbia Heights Metro Station*
 
Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to press@dc.gov. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).