Washington, DC -- At a public oversight hearing on DC General Family Shelter, Thursday, February 28, 2013, held on site at the shelter, Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham, chairman of the Committee on Human Services, called for major change.

“Again and again, I’m reading reports about people who are warned about being intoxicated at DC General.  What we need is treatment and intervention not warnings,” Graham said.

Human Services officials responded that more needs to be done.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Earlier this week, Ms. Glenda Sanchez, 30, a Brazilian and Spanish national, who went missing Thursday, January 31, 2013, was found in good health at an area hospital.  The happy ending came soon after the case was upgraded at the request of Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1).