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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While the plan is firm to house the homeless in each ward, the final locations are not set.  In Ward 3 Tenelytown is still under active consideration, particularly because of good transportation access and the fact that many homeless in the Ward seem to be concentrated there already.  DC owns the Tenley library site of course, which was built with reinforced supports to accommodate several additional floors for housing.  The old St Ann's school is another possible locatition.  Given that the intention is to house homeless families, locations adjacent to Janney make the most sense.[/quote]

This may be a more cost-effective alternative to Glover Pk and the Tenley location makes more sense for people who depend on public transportation.[/quote]

A) It would be great if libraries served readers and homeless service centers served homeless.  Two often the two become one in DC. A coffee/newspaper/computer station next to a library specifically for homeless to warm up would be great.
B) Tenley has masses of homeless and some current homeless services for them.  Can we get them off the streets and into these apartments you propose, or is this in addition? It looks / feels in Tenley like I imagine SF some days walking down the street. And it is the type of homeless who seem to pretty much refuse to be indoors. Pretty hardcore group. Can they head down to Glover?
C) I'm pretty sure the kids can walk a few blocks to Stoddert with equal ease as being right above Janney. 
D) Your transport makes sense if the parents are required to work or be in a training program. Are they?  Otherwise, Glover Park is on the bus line, nearer downtown offices, and close to schools (elementary and middle) and supermarkets.[/quote]

You're talking about homeless MEN hanging around in Tenleytown. This proposal is for 8 shelters to house homeless FAMILIES (women and children; there will be very few men, and those will be dads with children). No, the homeless men in Tenleytown will not be moving into the shelter in Glover Park. It should go without saying that their reasons for being on the street are often very different than the forces that drive homeless women and their children into shelters.[/quote]

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