Metropolitan Educational Solutions

Our 2026 Spring Celebration was a great one. 🌸 Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated with us — and a big thank you to our staff who made the day run smoothly. We’re already looking forward to the next one.

Spring is in full swing, and we’ve packed this month’s newsletter with community events, housing resources, important reminders, and more. Stay informed, stay connected, and don’t miss out on what’s happening this month. 🌸

Check it out and reach out to your MES Case Manager if you have any questions!

March is Social Work Month!

Metropolitan Educational Solutions celebrates Social Work Month by recognizing our Clinical Directors, Tania Arevalo-Martinez and Kandice Graham, for their hard work and unwavering dedication to this profession and all our clients.

Thank you Tania, Kandice, and all to all the social workers creating positive changes in our community! 🤍

Some outtakes from .dc’s Bundle Up and Shop 2025 event 🎁

Every year, this event is one of the many ways that we as an organization we show how we do life with our clients and share the opportunity with them to shop for themselves and their loved ones, at absolutely no cost to them, this holiday season.

We would like to thank St. Luke Catholic Church for providing the space for us to do this event.

We would also like to thank all of our staff members, from our incredible team of Case Managers to the entirety of our leadership group. This event would not have been even remotely possible without your thoughtfulness, hard work, and effort in setting up and transforming the space into something magical and memorable.

Last but not least, we are grateful to all our clients. Serving you all gives us immense purpose and the smiles we saw many of you flashed that day gently reminded us why we do what we do in the first place. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We cannot wait to run it back and go even bigger and better for next year’s Bundle Up and Shop! 💖

Congratulations Jaene Wilson

Jaene Wilson is a dedicated, multi-talented case manager with a background in mental health she is a great help to her hard of hearing participant as she is fluent in ASL. She is a true advocate and truly cares about the participant she serves and extends beyond case management to her teammates. She continuously meets deadlines and her monthly contact requirements and is a recipient of monthly bonus more than 3 times. Jaene is always on time for weekly office day and participates in meetings. Ms. Wilson is a true pleasure to work with.

Case Manager of the Month

Tanika Williams is a diligent hard, working case manager who takes her service seriously. She is persistent in assisting and meeting participants where they are assessing barriers and supporting them to address their needs. She meets 100% of her participant contacts, ISPs and BPSs complete and consistently meets her deadlines. She is a great advocate for the participants on her caseload ensuring they get access to the resources they need. Her previous experience and her can and will do attitude makes her a great asset to MES.

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Case Manager of the Month

Ms. Natausha Jones has been a pleasure to work with. Ms. Jones has maintain her responsibilities when it comes to MES expectations from face-to-face contacts to setting ISP goals and updating and maintaining BPS deadlines. Ms. Jones has updated and completed her binders and even after completing her responsibilities she goes above and beyond even the protocol by assisting teammates when needed. I have watched her from a distance and have seen the energy she brings to the team as well as maintaining that same energy when it comes to in dealings with some of the difficult participants. Landlords have praised her stating that they are comfortable with working with her because she not just advocates for her families, but she holds all parties accountable in a positive way were no one is offended but welling to try. Ms. Jones is a true identification of what MES stands for and we have the pleasure in seen the growth and potential that has yet to come.

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If you'd like help preparing for the event, join us on June 7 or June 14. We'll help you with clothes, your resume, and practice interview questions.

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Employee of the Month

Mr. Curtis Alston has been a pleasure to work with. Mr. Alston doesn’t just meet deliverables, but he continuously keeps you in the loop of all his cases. Mr. Alston goes above and beyond the job descriptions by supporting his team and anyone needing assistance. I have seen Mr. Alston stop what he was doing just to help a teammate to make their situation less stressful. Mr. Alston is a human being advocate. Mr. Alston leads the team to communicate with tenant advocacy to get updates and to show his support to all voucher holding residents of Washington DC. Mr. Alston might have miss one of his callings as a comedian, but he is always full of positive energy. He is a person that will never let you fail and if you struggle, he will see you through it with him going through it with you. You are never alone when he is present.

Case Manager of the Month

Marcia Watson came to MES October 22 with a background in Counselling Psychology. Marcia is passionate about helping people and says this is her life work. Her passion started when she was young youth assisting elderly people in their homes and from their it lead to her to be a compassionate dedicated case manager. In her capacity at MES she has been able to engage her entire caseload after having non-compliant participants and has been 100% billable for 2 months. She is a strong advocate for her caseload, she is diligent in submitting work on time and is a pleasure to work with.