Dear Ward 8 Residents:

I would like to extend my appreciation to our DC government agency partners and our community based-organizations that processed Stay DC applications at the Ward 8 Pop-Up on Saturday.

STAY DC ([link removed]) is a financial assistance program for D.C. renters and housing providers who are looking for support to cover housing and utility expenses and offset the loss of income. Eligible participants can receive money to help you pay for rent, gas, water, electricity and internet.

All residents that showed up to the pop-up were able to meet with a STAY DC ambassador who provided guidance and assistance towards processing their application.

The last day to apply for STAY DC is September 30th. Do not wait until the last minute to get your application started. If you are struggling to pay your rental or utility expenses, request financial assistance at, www.stay.dc.gov ([link removed]) .

In-person application assistance is available Monday through Friday at the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Housing Resource Center from 8:30am to 3:30pm at 1800 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE and the Mayor’s Office of Latino Affairs (for Spanish language applicants) from 9 am to 5pm at 2000 14th St., NW Suite 206.

In-person services are available on a first-come, first-serve basis at both locations but appointments are encouraged for residents wishing to apply at DHCD and appointments can be made online ([link removed]) or by calling DHCD at (202) 442-7200 between 8:15am and 4:45pm.

Peace & Love,

Councilmember Trayon White, Sr.

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Ward 8 Pop-Up! DC Department of Housing and Community Development ([link removed]) , DC Department of Human Services ([link removed]) , and Lydia's House were able to provide one-on-one access and assistance to #STAYDC ([link removed]*NK-R) Funding.


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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 13, 2021

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LaToya Foster (EOM) – 202-727-5011; [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Statement from Mayor Bowser on Disapproval Resolution for Managed Health Care Services for Medicaid and Alliance Enrollees

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser responded to the decision of four Councilmembers to sign a resolution that stops, for 45 days, the process for approving the three emergency District health plan contracts that authorize the coordination and management of health care services for District residents.

“On September 1, 2021, I used my emergency powers to declare a health systems emergency in the District over the status of the city’s managed care contracts. My actions were designed to ensure the continuity of health care services for more than 250,000 District residents while the Department of Health Care Finance initiates a new procurement for an expanded program of managed care.

“However, on September 10, 2021, the Council Chairman announced that the process for approving the emergency contracts will be held in abeyance for up to 45 days as the Council considers whether it will approve the contracts that I have submitted under my emergency authority. As the current contracts expire on September 30, 2021, any action by the Council that delays approval of the emergency contracts beyond this date will effectively terminate the Medicaid managed care program in the District.

“This has several consequences: (1) The Department of Health Care Finance will have no legal authority to pay its three health plans for the health care services they purchase on behalf of District residents, effectively ending this service; (2) As care coordination is provided through managed care, without this service, more than 230,000 District residents will be forced to negotiate the complex health care system on their own, resulting in patient confusion, missed appointments, and poor health outcomes; (3) Approximately 20,000 enrollees in the Alliance Health Care program would lose access to all but emergency care services; and (4) Health care costs to the District will sharply increase and be less predictable without the involvement of care coordination teams.

“To avoid these substantial, unnecessary, and harmful disruptions, I urge Chairman Phil Mendelson to withdraw the disapproval resolution immediately as the Department of Health Care Finance resolicits the procurement over the next few months in order to add additional services for beneficiaries and to address the Council’s concerns.”

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The Subcommittee on Redistricting will hold a Public Hearing on the following Legislation:
* B24-0371 ([link removed]) , the Ward Redistricting (spacing) Amendment Act of 2021

Witnesses may use their phone or computer to participate in this virtual hearing. Those who wish to testify must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 27th, 2021, by providing their information using the following link: [link removed] ([link removed]) . Witnesses must provide their name, email address, telephone number, organizational affiliation (if any), and job title (if any), as well whether they require language interpretation or sign language interpretation.

Witnesses who require language interpretation or sign language interpretation are requested to email the Subcommittee at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 20, 2021, stating their need for interpretation and requested language. The Council’s Office of the Secretary will fulfill timely requests for language interpretation services; however, requests received later than September 20 may not be fulfilled due to vendor availability.


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“I’ve seen violence in my life, but never to this magnitude perpetuated against women and kids. In D.C., we’ve had five women shot in the last 8 days, I went to a funeral today," Councilman Trayon White said.

“I feel like it’s deteriorating me from the inside out,” White said.

Evans was one at least three children shot between D.C. and Prince George’s county, since August.

All participants laid out possible solutions.

“If you had a magic wand...what would you do as state’s attorney?” CJ Blair asked State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy.

“A majority of the folks who are committing these crimes are young Black men and they need people like Calvin Hawkins and Trayon White,” Braveboy said.

“We’ve got to put trades back, we’ve got to give our community a little bit of faith that they can make equity as soon as they leave high school,” Grant said.

The plan is to put action behind their words.

The funeral for Evans starts at 11:00 a.m. on Friday.

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Before month’s end, the U.S. Census data should be is the hands of D.C. officials and available for city residents to begin registering public comments about proposed boundaries for the city’s eights wards.

Some discussions will be continuous, as well they should be, while all are worthy of debate for one reason or another.

For example, the total population in each ward is by design supposed to be comparable to that of the other seven wards.

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