The $25 million program — which includes cash payments up to $10,000 — will help about 600 families, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced.
since 2016, thanks in part to the closing of the decrepit D.C. General shelter. Bowser made the announcement at the DHS service center at 1207 Taylor Street in Ward 4, which closed for renovations during the pandemic and is set to reopen in a couple of weeks.“This program is going to help for our Ward 4 families. We know that 15 percent of our Black families and Latinx families here are below the poverty line,” said D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George .
The pilot marks the latest effort by the Bowser administration to provide families with direct cash payments, including aannounced early this year for new and expectant mothers in Wards 5, 7 and 8. And last month, Bowser said the city would provide 15,000 low-income families with one-time $1,000 payments to help them prepare for the school year.
“We have developed over the years so many different programs that are surrounded by a lot of bureaucracy and hoops that aren’t efficient and don’t necessarily help families advance. And a lot of that has to do with not trusting people … or that we think they have to prove they’re deserving of the help,” Bowser said of the recent initiatives.
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