Wanda Alston Foundation chosen as Casa Ruby receiver
A D.C. Superior Court judge on Friday, Aug. 12, appointed the Wanda Alston Foundation as the city’s receiver for the LGBTQ community services center Casa Ruby in a role in which the Alston Foundation will assume full control over Casa Ruby’s operations and finances.
Judge Danya A. Dayson stated in an order she issued at 2:27 p.m. on Friday that she appointed the Alston Foundation for the receivership role at the recommendation of the Office of the D.C.
Attorney General, which asked the judge to place Casa Ruby in receivership in a court motion filed on Aug. 3. Founded in 2008, the Wanda Alston Foundation provides housing and support services for D.C.
homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth ages 18 to 24 and advocates for expanded city services for LGBTQ youth, according to a statement on its website.
