"Grandma's House II Opening is Delayed"

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"Grandma's House II Opening is Delayed"

Washington Post (12/21/89), P. DC12
Mitchell, Maureen

Abstract: In Washington, D.C., the opening of a second home for infants with HIV infection and AIDS will take place in a few months instead of December. A spokesman for the Temporary Emergency Residential Resource Institute for Families in Crisis, the nonprofit agency that runs Grandma's House, said more funds are needed to open Grandma's House II. The D.C. Commission on Social Services underwrote the first house, but the new residence will rely more on private funds. Effi Barry, wife of D.C. Mayor Marion Barry and the honorary chair of Grandma's House, has issued a call for funds to help bring homeless HIV-infected babies to Grandma's House for the holidays. One home costs about $240,000 a year to run. Grandma's House II has raised about $150,000, and still needs staff members, utilities, and insurance. The second home will house up to five children, infancy to age 6, and will provide services to the mothers and families of the children in residence there.

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