St. Elizabeths Men's Shelter Update 01/25/22

Mayor Bowser Cuts Ribbon on New 801 East Men’s Shelter in Ward 8

On Monday, January 24 Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon on the new 801 East Men’s Shelter on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Ward 8. The ribbon-cutting is another major step toward achieving Mayor Bowser’s commitment to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring.

The Mayor was joined by members of the “Goodfellas Team” – a team of seven residents from the old shelter who received workforce training and were hired to work on the construction of the replacement shelter.

Opening the new 801 East Men’s Shelter follows the release of Homeward DC 2.0, which focuses on reforming homeless services and resources for individual adults experiencing homelessness. Under Homeward DC, the Bowser Administration closed DC General, replaced it with smaller, more dignified shelters across DC, and drove down family homelessness by 73%.

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