RWW is a solution to reducing homelessness in DC—this means fewer individuals on the streets, in the shelter system, or returning to prison. Over 2,000 offenders return from prison back to the District each year. These individuals need programs that will keep them off the streets and engaged in positive activities to break the cycle of recidivism and keep them out of the District’s legal system—RWADC is that program.
It costs approximately $25,000 to keep a single adult in the District shelter system with no work opportunities and minimal social services. An inmate costs the city upwards of $50,000 per year, not to mention the costs of the crime that got them there. For $17,500 per year we can house, feed, train, counsel and educate a RWADC client – most of whom will never see a shelter or be incarcerated again.
