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Georgetown Ministry Center - A Success Story
A community response to homelessness
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GMC staff first met Bill in 2004. He was clean, well dressed, polite, and articulate. At first we mistook him for a neighbor wanting more information about us. The caseworker discovered that beneath the groomed exteriors was a man in need. Bill had graduated Magna cum laude from an Ivy League university and was a graduate student when he experienced a psychiatric breakdown. He hid his illness by taking low paying, temporary employment. Eventually he ended up on the street, unable to work.
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Bill entered our shelter program and began to work with our consulting psychiatrist while caseworkers helped him apply for Social Security Disability Benefits. Bill took advantage of GMC’s modest clothing inventory and kept clean using our shower and laundry program.
Shortly after he started receiving benefits, Bill was able to move into his own apartment. He is now connected to the Green Door, an agency that provides long term care for people with mental illnesses. We continue to enjoy visits from Bill from time to time as his recovery progresses.
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GMC's unique presence in Georgetown makes us an essential part of the "net"
of services cast to the city's homeless population.
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Georgetown Ministry Center
1041 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Email: info@gmcgt.org |
Phone: (202) 338-8301
Fax: (202) 298-8310
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