This Issue Brief specifically addresses how legal assistance providers can best meet the legal needs of Black older adults, providing an overview of some of the most pressing legal issues, as well as some promising practices for reaching and serving this community. An important part of meeting the…

A large number of Blacks and Hispanics were displaced following gentrification. Gentrification has led to the displacement of 20,000 Black residents in Washington, DC.

Microaggressions are more than just insults, insensitive comments, or generalized jerky behavior. They’re something very specific: the kinds of remarks, questions, or actions that are painful because they have to do with a person’s membership in a group that’s discriminated against or subject to…

The Department will issue a nonrecurring clothing allowance to eligible TAFDC clients under the age of 19 for September 2024. This year the amount of this benefit is $500 per eligible TAFDC client. Children who do not receive TAFDC are not eligible for this benefit.

An enhancement has been made in BEACON to allow DTA staff to issue Summer EBT replacement cards. Staff must no longer direct clients to the Summer EBT Hotline for replacement card requests. If a client calls DTA to request a replacement Summer EBT card, staff must assist the client by…