Awards
Since DASH was founded in 2006, we have been recognized and awarded for our innovative approach to safe housing for survivors, including:
- DASH is honored with four Purple Ribbon Awards from DomesticShelters.org, September 2022.
- Excellence in Chief Executive Leadership Award, Center for Nonprofit Advancement, November 2021.
- Congresswoman Norton selects DASH among 15 Community Project Funding awards in FY 2022, press release.
- The Leadership Greater Washington Community Partner of the Year Award presented by the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 2021
- DASH featured as an innovator doing important work in FreeFrom’s, “Making Safety Affordable – Intimate Partner Violence is an Asset-Building Issue“.
- Executive Director, Koube Ngaaje, receives NBC4 “Working for the Community” Honoree Award during Black History Month, 2020
- DASH selected as a Lyft Community Grant Winner, 2019
- “One of the Best NonProfits in Greater DC” award from the Catalogue for Philanthropy, 2019
- DASH Among First to Receive Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant, 2018
- Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women award to launch the National Alliance for Safe Housing (NASH), 2016;
- Honorable Mention Recipient of the 2015 EXCEL Award from the Center for Nonprofit Advancement;
- One of the region’s best small charities in the 2015-2016 Catalogue for Philanthropy Greater Washington;
- Ad 2 DC’s Public Service Award in 2015;
- One of four national awardees of the Mary Bryon Project’s Celebrating Solutions Award for 2014;
- Receiving the Outstanding Corporate/Nonprofit Partner Serving Women with The MassMutual Citizenship Award from the Washington Business Journal in 2013;
- A “share your story” video recipient from the Giving Library in 2014; and
- One of the region’s best small charities in the 2011-2012 Catalogue for Philanthropy Greater Washington.
Media
For media requests, please send an email to info@dashdc.org.
2021
- DASH Welcomes the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Rosie Hildalgo, Senior Advisor on Gender-Based Violence and Special Assistant to the President, White House Gender Policy Council for a site visit of its Cornerstone safe housing program.
2020
- Washington Post Interview – “Domestic violence will increase during coronavirus quarantines and stay-at-home orders, experts warn”, March 2020
- Executive Director, Koube Ngaaje, receives NBC4 “Working for the Community” Honoree Award during Black History Month, 2020
2019
- DASH’s Executive Director, Koube Ngaaje, featured on News4 Your Sunday program with Pat Muse for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (at 16:00)
2018
- “There’s no ‘typical survivor’, and other facts to know about domestic violence”, feature in WTOP, October 2018
- Interview on iHeart Radio with Host Bernie Lucas to discuss Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October 2018
- DASH’s national project, NASH, releases National Safe Housing Needs Assessment, August 2018
- Q&A Interview with OnTap Magazine, July 2018
- “How Some Shelter Rules Designed to Keep Domestic Violence Survivors Safe Can Harm Them“, DCist, June 2018
- “Need to leave, nowhere to go: Local org gives new life to survivors of abuse, interview in WTOP, June 2018
- “Safe Housing for Domestic Violence Survivors is More Than Shelter“, Urban Institute, How Housing Matters Blog, June 2018
2017
- Nonprofit Executive Profile of DASH’s Executive Director, Washington Business Journal
- A New Wellness Garden is Unveiled at DASH’s Cornerstone residence thanks to AvalonBay Communities, Studio39, and Ashton Manor Environmental; Press Release
- DASH’s Deputy Director of Programs receives “Community Champion” award from the Washington Mystics and Capital One
- DASH Announces New Executive Director, Washington Business Journal
- Real Housewives of Potomac Star Charrisse Jackson Jordan Gives Back to DASH, WUSA9
2016
- “Education, Language and Culture Can Be Roadblocks for Domestic Violence Victims“, segment by Erika Gonzalez at NBC4
- “DC Organization Addresses Shortage of Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence“, segment by Aaron Gilchrist at NBC4
- The Hill blog feature: “Cash is still king when it comes to keeping domestic violence survivors in their homes” by Peg Hacskaylo, DASH Executive Director
- The Huffington Post blog: “Safe Housing Is More Than Just a There There” by Peg Hacskaylo, DASH Executive Director
2015
- Difference Maker feature in The Christian Science Monitor
- The 5th Allies in Change Award Reception, Comcast Newsmakers
- #WhatitTakesDC, Ad 2 DC
2014
- Domestic Violence: America’s Hidden Epidemic, This Week with George Stephanopoulos
- The Holiday Spike in Domestic Violence, The Atlantic
- 7 Questions with Peg Hacskaylo, Greater Washington Catalogue for Philanthropy
- The Devil is in the District, HuffingtonPost by DASH Executive Director Peg Hacskaylo:
2013
- Turning Inside Outcomes, HuffingtonPost by DASH Exectuve Director Peg Hacskaylo
- Kabul Cough, HuffingtonPost by DASH Exectuve Director Peg Hacskaylo
