Founded
November 2003

Circulation
Every other Wednesday -- 12,000 issues, 16 pages each

Audience
Anyone who lives or works in the Washington, D.C., area

Operations

• For the first year, Street Sense operated as a project of the National Coalition for the Homeless. In October 2004, the organization incorporated, moved into its own office space and began to operate under a nonprofit fiscal sponsorship with People's Law Resource Center.
• On March 21, 2005, Street Sense received 501(c)(3) status, becoming an independent nonprofit organization.
• In October 2005, Street Sense formed a full board of directors. In November that year, the organization hired its first employee, co-founder Laura Thompson Osuri, as a fulltime executive director to manage the operations, fundraising, editorial and vendor-related aspects of the paper.
• A year later in November 2006, the organization hired its first vendor coordinator.
• In February 2007, the paper started publishing on the first and fifteenth of the month as the network of vendors expanded to more than 50 homeless men and women. To support the increased production, Street Sense hired a fulltime editor in chief in April 2007.
• In November 2007, Street Sense began to publish every alternate Wednesday.
• In March 2008, Street Sense hired its first ad sales manager, bringing the total number of paid staff to four.
• Street Sense staff coordinate a network of volunteers including professional journalists, students, advocates and homeless and formerly homeless people.
• Operations are funded through vendor sales, small grants from foundations, personal donations and small amounts of advertising.

• Print: The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, Reuters News Service, The Examiner, Baltimore Sun, Roll Call, The Hill
• Radio: National Public Radio, Voice of America, BBC World News Service, WPFW-FM, WOL-AM and WAMU
• Television: Fox 5 News, PBS Jim Lehrer News Hour, PBS This is America with Dennis Whorley