MEDIA

HCPP featured on Hero Central on WUSA9

NBA Star Jeff Green visits Playtime; featured on Athletes for Hope commercial during Sunday Night Football on NBC

HCPP Featured on NBC Channel 4 Twelve Days of Giving

Articles featuring HCPP

Next American City: "Shrinking the Play Deficit in Washington, D.C. "

Street Sense: "A Safe Place to Play"

Washington Post: "The grinding reality of growing up poor" by Petula Dvorak

Children's Defense Fund: “Dear D.C. City Councilmember, Step Up to the Plate!" By Jamila Larson

Washington Post: “Homeless DC teenagers visit White House” By Petula Dvorak

Children's Defense Fund:“Coming of Age Homeless in Our Nation’s Capital" By Jamila Larson

Media Voices for Children: “Out of the Shelter, Into the White House” By Jamila Larson:

Washington Post: “DC Homeless Shelter Worker Fired After Drug Arrest” By Darryl Fears

Washington City Paper: “So How Did D.C. General Get So Crowded?” By Jason Cherkis

Kirwin Foundation Supports HCPP as part of Obama Inauguration weekend and is featured in the Ventura County Star Newspaper (CA) February 18, 2009.

“Cities to find Homes for Families in NW Shelter,” by Theola Labbe, The Washington Post, January 12, 2005.

“DC’s Compassion Stretches Only So Far,” by Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post, September 12, 2005

“For the Homeless, A Childhood Finally in Reach,” by Theola Labbe, The Washington Post, January 5, 2006

The Homeless Children’s Playtime Project has been featured on WUSA TV Channel 9, Fox 5 News, and several times in the Washington Post.

HCPP Featured in Award-Winning Documentary

Congratulations to HCPP Board Member Bob Edwards and his talented team of producers for receiving the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for "The Invisible - Children Without Homes." This national award for best radio documentary features HCPP among other organizations serving homeless children and youth and powerful voices of the youth themselves. "The Invisible" received award the New York Festivals/United Nations Gold Award and it has also has been honored by the Journalism Center on Children and Families. You can listen to the documentary here: www.bobedwardsradio.com/invisible

The Family Portrait Project

All families deserve the opportunity to have family pictures, and many families who lose their housing are unable to salvage personal belongings. Many families living in shelters do not even own a photograph of their child. Children and families who are homeless are called the "hidden homeless" because they often live “doubled up” with friends or relatives and stay in shelters where they are not as visible as people on the street.

In 2007, 150 families were photographed at the former D.C. Village Emergency Family Shelter through the Family Portrait Project. They each received three framed and enlarged pictures of their families. Some of the parents agreed to share their family portraits with you in hopes that public education can help harness the political will to address the affordable housing crisis in our city.

The Family Portrait Project is a program of the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project in partnership with photographer Tony Brunswick. It is sponsored by the Advisory Board Company, the Ramsay Merriam Fund and many individual donors large and small. This exhibit is made possible by the Executive Office of the Mayor. To view the portraits, please visit www.thefamilyportraitproject.com.