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DHS will accept the customer’s self-assessment as the acknowledgment form needed for the Work Registration requirement for TANF applications.

Effective October 1, 2024, TEP will provide employment and education services together under one provider.

Hypothermia Season

The District is committed to protecting residents experiencing homelessness from hypothermia and other extreme cold and hot weather injuries.

DHS Identifies Possible Compromised Benefits

Potentially impacted customers should file a police report and contact DHS’ Office of Program Review, Monitoring, and Investigation

Call Center Wait Times

Our number is 202-727-5355, and we accept calls from 7:30 am - 4:45 pm, Monday through Friday.

The District is committed to protecting residents experiencing homelessness from hypothermia and other extreme cold and hot weather injuries.

Potentially impacted customers should file a police report and contact DHS’ Office of Program Review, Monitoring, and Investigation

Our number is 202-727-5355, and we accept calls from 7:30 am - 4:45 pm, Monday through Friday.

DHS will accept the customer’s self-assessment as the acknowledgment form needed for the Work Registration requirement for TANF applications.

Effective October 1, 2024, TEP will provide employment and education services together under one provider.

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11/01/2024 Mayor Bowser Marks Start of Hypothermia Season, Urges Residents to Stay Vigilant and Support Neighbors in Need of Warmth and Shelter

11/01/2024 Mayor Bowser Announces Departure of Department of Human Services Director Laura Zeilinger

07/31/2024 Mayor Bowser Activates Heat Emergency Plan for July 31-August 2, 2024

07/12/2024 Health Officials Investigating Potential Measles Exposures In DC

07/12/2024 Mayor Bowser Activates Extended Heat Emergency Saturday, July 13 Through Wednesday, July 17

01/06/2017 District to Activate “Cold Emergency Plan” Tonight

01/12/2016 District to Activate “Cold Emergency Plan” Tonight

01/04/2016 District to Activate “Cold Emergency Plan” Tonight

12/22/2015 Low-Barrier Emergency Shelters Will Open Early on Christmas Eve

11/22/2015 Hypothermia Alert will be “Activated” at 7PM Tonight

Mayor Vincent C. Gray Launches ‘500 Families. 100 Days. Quality DC Housing Now’ Campaign

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Mayor Vincent C. Gray joined the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness (TCP), The Transitional Housing Corporation (THC) and the Coalition for Non-Profit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED) today for the official launch of the “500 Families. 100 Days.

District Joins Six States in Continuing Food Stamp Benefits Despite Heat and Eat Cuts

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