Tiger GPS: Government and Public Service Blog

TO BE OR NOT TO BE A VOLUNTEER by Dillon Ficca

I work at Housing Up, a non-profit affordable housing developer that provides both housing and case management services to over 800 families at risk of or recovering from homelessness in Washington, DC. At 6 of our affordable housing locations we provide a variety of nightly programs that families living in these buildings participate in. I […]

ON BUTTERCUPS AND FREE COLLEGE by Amanda Hawkins

2020 Presidential Candidates continue to call for free college tuition, in at least some circumstances. Public schooling is free from K-5 to grade 12. Some suggest that public colleges and universities should also be free. I disagree, higher education is a privilege not a right. Just like having a driver’s license, it is a privilege. […]

MAKING WATER by Andrew Hayes

In mid-September of 2019, I returned from the Bahamas after helping with the early disaster relief efforts on the ground in Abaco, where the eyewall of Hurricane Dorian passed through the area with record-level winds and storm surge. Our team was able to make over 1,000 gallons of drinking water and nearly 5,000 gallons of […]