FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2024 Federal Pandemic Programs Provided Extensive Aid for Three Years, But Ended Abruptly, Leaving Low-Income DC Families Stranded FY 2025 DC BUDGET CUTS WILL COMPOUND THE IMPACT OF EXPIRED [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2024 Statement of Andrea Thomas, President and CEO of United Planning Organization (UPO) on the PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF THE CHILDCARE PAY EQUITY FUND (UPO educator Dominique Ennis-Bottoms nurtures Ava [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2023 DC SHOULD EXPAND GUARANTEED INCOME PILOTS TO ALL FAMILIES, NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS It’s time to bring proven benefits to thousands of DC families who live in deep poverty WASHINGTON, [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2022 UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION WELCOMES ED LAZERE AS LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY DIRECTOR New team will help UPO address how policy impacts opportunity for District residents WASHINGTON, DC: Today, the United [...]
UPO Sets Board Elections, Seeks Exceptional DC Leaders FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 2, 2020 Press Contact: Zohar Rom | (202) 812-4001, zrom@upo.org WASHINGTON, DC: The Board of Directors of United Planning Organization (“UPO”) announced [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Aug 6, 2019 United Planning Organization Announces Launch of ADU DC, an Accessory Dwelling Unit Initiative in Washington, DC Initiative will catalyze affordable rental housing and increase financial stability for lower-income homeowners [...]
Congratulations to our new President & CEO: Andrea Thomas July 19, 2019 A LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM OUR BOARD CHAIR Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the board of directors and search committee chaired [...]
Inmates at a DC Jail voted in the city's upcoming primary election. Wednesday, June 13, 2018 (Sam Ford/ABC7) Inmates at the D.C. jail participated in voting [...]
UPO Partners with Islamic Relief USA to Provide Thanksgiving Meals We distributed 300 turkeys and other food to low-income residents to help them celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday! Islamic Relief USA donated turkeys, and Capital Area [...]
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine awarded Warren King, an eighth-grader at Johnson Middle School with a Right Direction Award. The award and ceremony are a time to honor DC youth who are showing [...]