Whitman-Walker will move to new location next year
Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center specializing in treatment of HIV/AIDS, will move to a new 43,000-square-foot building at 1525 14th St. NW in mid-2014.
At the new location, primary medical care, pharmacy, mental-health and addictions counseling, dental care, and legal services will be expanded. New services will include pulmonary function testing, a travel medicine clinic, optical services, acupuncture and massage. The site was secured through a long-term lease with Furioso Development.
Throughout this year, the Whitman-Walker board of directors will be seeking community and stakeholder input about the future of the clinic’s existing facilities, the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW, and the Max Robinson Center, 2301 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, when the new space is completed. During construction, both centers will continue to provide patient services and house administrative offices.
For information, go to www.whitman-walker.org.
Tax office adopts new e-filing system for 2012 returns
The Office of Tax and Revenue has retired the eTSC electronic filing system for individual returns and replaced it with a program called DCfreefile, based on the IRS Free File Alliance program already available in several states.
All taxpayers who used eTSC to file 2011 District income tax returns are eligible for a voucher that will allow free federal and D.C. filing for 2012 returns from a DCfreefile vendor.
DCfreefile will be available Tuesday.
For information, go to otr.cfo.dc.gov.
D.C. centenarians sought for annual spring luncheon
The D.C. Office on Aging is looking for District residents 100 and older for its annual luncheon honoring centenarians in the spring.
To register a centenarian for the event, call the Office on Aging at 202-724-5626 and provide his or her name, birth date and contact information. For information, go to dcoa.dc.gov.
Health exchange board to hold public meeting
The executive board of the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority will hold its monthly meeting from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Old Council Chambers, first floor, 441 Fourth St. NW. The meeting, chaired by former D.C. health director Mohammed Akhter, is open to the public. Comments are welcome.
Health exchanges are mandated by the federal health-care overhaul to help individuals and small businesses purchase health insurance coverage. Beginning next year, the exchange will help consumers compare certified plans. The exchange will also administer the health insurance subsidies and facilitate enrollment in private health insurance, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
For information, go to healthreform.dc.gov.
Program helps small tech firms with federal grant process
The D.C. government recently launched ConnecTech, a program to assist small, District-based technology firms in competing for federal contracts through two federal research and development programs: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer. The federal programs offer grants to small businesses, totaling more than $2.5 billion per year from 11 federal agencies.
For information, go to dslbd.dc.gov/DC/DSLBD/Business+Resources/ConnecTech.
— Compiled by Terence McArdle
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