would not be renewing a nearly $840,000 grant to pay for low-barrier housing, which serves as temporary shelter, for homeless LGBTQ youth.Casa Ruby has since launched a GoFundMe page to help keep its low-barrier shelter options — as well as its 24-hour drop-in center, which is housed in the same Northwest D.C.
building — operational. The organization has also begun to move some of its clients to its other properties in an effort to avoid as many disruptions in services as possible.Casa Ruby’s other programs, including its HIV prevention, mental health, legal, and immigrant services, as well as its transitional housing and its short-term living program, will remain operational, as they were unaffected by the DHS low-barrier grant.
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