It’s estimated that nearly 3,000 young people across the Washington metropolitan region struggle with homelessness each year. On any given night, 400 youth turn to sleep on the street as their last resort. Since 1995, Covenant House Washington has been a lifeline to more than 35,000 youth, providing crisis, educational and work training, and housing services to homeless and disconnected youth.
In 2013 alone, Covenant House Washington provided more than 53,000 meals, housing and sanctuary to more than 400 young people and their children, and educational and work readiness and employment support to nearly 250 individuals. Nearly 30 percent of GEDs earned in the nation’s capital were achieved through Covenant House’s WRET (Work Readiness and Education Training) program.
To register for the Candlelight Vigil or Sleep Out, make a donation, and learn more about Covenant House Washington’s critical work to support an often invisible population, visit www.CovenantHouseDC.org.
WTOP charities are fed by Papa Johns. Visit them at www.papajohns.com