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The city opened the center in October on the campus of D.C. General Hospital in Southeast as it was preparing to close a shelter for hurricane survivors at the D.C. Armory. Since then, use of the center has dwindled as evacuees have found housing and jobs and received help from caseworkers on an individual basis, officials said.
Hurricane evacuees looking for more information about city services can contact the department's Strong Families Division at 202-576-3282 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For housing information, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's housing locator service can be reached at 800-762-8740; TTY 800-462-7585, between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. daily.
For other forms of assistance, evacuees can call FEMA's help line at 800-621-FEMA or TTY 800-462-7585.
THE REGION
Dulles to Open a Waiting Parking Lot
Dulles International Airport officials have designated a parking lot about 1 1/2 miles from the terminal for drivers with cell phones to wait for up to an hour for passengers to call them to be picked up. Signs on airport roads will direct motorists to the waiting area and the terminal.
The area was created by improving an unused parking lot at Rudder Road and Autopilot Drive.
The lot, which will be free, is to open Dec. 21. It will be available only to noncommercial vehicles.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Short of crawling inside her abdomen, I don't think you can get any better timing."
-- Reproductive scientist JoGayle Howard on the techniques that were used to determine when the National Zoo's female panda, Mei Xiang, was ready for artificial insemination. -- B1
Compiled from reports by staff writers Karlyn Barker, Allan Lengel, Daniel de Vise, Allison Klein, Theola Labb and Ovetta Wiggins.
