In today’s rundown: Volunteers are needed for the DCPS Beautification Day. | Improved jobless numbers don’t make the unemployed more hopeful. | Federal changes that will improve health care for the homeless.

– With D.C. Public Schools back in session on Monday, this Saturday is your chance to participate in the annual DCPS Beautification Day.  For details and to register to volunteer, please click here.

– D.C.’s newest unemployment numbers come out today and analysts are expecting the jobless rate to drop for the seventh month in a row.  But as WAMU reports, for those who are still unemployed, the improving numbers don’t offer much hope.

– And The Washington Post takes a look at how federal changes will provide the homeless with better access to health care.

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