Casa Ruby loses over $800,000 in D.C. DHS funding
Casa Ruby has been left scrambling to raise money for shelter beds for LGBTQ homeless youth after it received a letter from the District of Columbia’s Department of Human Services notifying the organization that its grant of $839,460 to provide low-barrier housing will not be renewed as of Oct. 1.Ruby Corado, Casa Ruby’s founder and executive director, told Metro Weekly she was notified on Friday, Sept.