| January 1995 |
Vincent C. Gray, former Director of the Department of Human Services, named Executive Director of Covenant House Washington |
| April 1995 |
Covenant House Washington Executive Offices established in donated space at 1015 15th Street, NW |
| May 1995 |
The Community Outreach Program begins operation out of storefront offices at 2028 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE |
| August 1995 |
More than 100 youth participate in the First Annual Youth Basketball Tournament |
| February 1996 |
The generosity of an anonymous donor sends several CHW youth abroad to enjoy the sights and sounds of Paris and London. This event launched the Young Ambassadors Program. |
| April 1997 |
Youth Congress named a Teaching Example by the President's Summit for America's Future |
| June 1997 |
The Transitional Living Program, originally targeted for young mothers and children, opens in the Villages of Parklands. |
| August 1997 |
In response to the delayed opening of D.C. Public Schools, the summer enrichment program Jump Start for Success is extended three weeks. The curriculum-based program was designed to help kids return to school after the summer break ready and prepared to learn. |
| December 1997 |
Crisis Center opens, offering nine beds to any troubled youth who needs one. |
| June 1998 |
CHW receives notice to vacate its Community Service Center on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue. The community rallies to save the agency; the controversy sparks determination for the agency to build its own home |
| January 1999 |
The Peer Supported Pregnancy Prevention Program (PSP3) begins |
| January 2000 |
CHW purchases building at 7 New York Avenue to temporarily house the Executive Offices. Site eventually becomes the hub for Community Outreach. In partnership with the Consortium for Child Welfare, CHW updates and rewrites the District's child welfare laws |
| February 2000 |
D.C. Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy presents PSP3 with the Conversation Changers Award |
| June 2000 |
CHW kicks off Capital Campaign for a new building in southeast Washington |
| July 2000 |
CHW is one of six local youth services agencies selected to participate in the D.C. Youth Opportunity Program. |
| September 2000 |
With a grant from the D.C. Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, CHW launches the Artisans Woodworking Program |
| December 2001 |
Annual Candlelight Vigil for Kids pays tribute to the three area youth and teachers killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon |
| 2002 |
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy honors the Peer Supported Pregnancy Prevention Program for exemplary service |
| April 2003 |
The Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Community Service Center is dedicated |
| May 2004 |
Program once known as PSP3 was renamed Prevention Services. Program expands to include Teen Life Choices and Youth Against Substance Abuse |
| November 2004 |
Founding Executive Director Vincent C. Gray is elected to the D.C. City Council (Ward7) |
| March 2005 |
Judith Dobbins, former Director of Programs, is appointed Executive Director |
| December 2005 |
Annual Candlelight Vigil dedicated to the memory of Tamar Curry. During 2005, three CHW youth died, two to gun violence, another to a drug overdose Tamar was killed literally around the corner from the Covenant House Community Service Center on 22nd Street, SE. Vigil participants marched to the place where she died. During the Vigil, a libation ceremony was performed for known slain youth. The ceremony included a blessing of the Tree of Hope that was planted at Covenant House Washington. |
| 2006 |
The Education and Workforce Development program became a participant in the D.C. Department of Employment Services - Way to Work Program, which offers stipends to youth who take education while working |
| September 2006 |
State Education Agency names CHW one of 60 sites in the District of Columbia to pilot the PLATO Learning Software. The web-based adult literacy software, made possible in part through partnership with Verizon, uses graphics, animation, and sound, and allows learners to work at their own pace anywhere a computer with internet access is available. |
| November 2006 |
CHW launches Fathers Matter, an initiative funded by the D.C. Department of Human Services to help young fathers improve their parenting skills and develop positive relationships with their children. The program provides family reunification through parent-child bonding activities and offers young dads a support group in which to express concerns and resolve problems. |
| April 2007 |
CHW receives license from the D.C. Department of Health to open Child Development Center for 8 infants and 8 toddlers. |
