McClendon Center Receives $30,000 Grant from The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

“For many of our clients, we are the one constant in their lives, and this investment ensures that constant remains.”

McClendon Center is proud and grateful to have been selected as a grant recipient of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, receiving a $30,000 award for general operating support.

This generous investment directly supports DC residents living with serious mental illness who face the daily challenges of poverty, housing instability, and limited access to care.

The Cafritz Foundation’s support will help ensure our clients continue to receive the comprehensive, person-centered services they need to remain housed, healthy, and connected to their communities, including psychiatric care, community support, peer support, and whole-person treatment that gives recovery a real and lasting chance.

“We are incredibly grateful to the Cafritz Foundation for stepping up at a time when the need has never been greater,” said Sheandinita Dyson, McClendon Center President & CEO. “Their commitment to improving the lives of DC residents strengthens not only McClendon Center but the broader behavioral health safety net across the District. For many of our clients, we are the one constant in their lives, and this investment ensures that constant remains.”

We are deeply grateful for the Cafritz Foundation’s steadfast commitment to the District’s most vulnerable residents, whose journeys toward recovery and independence are made possible by this vital support.