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photo_about The Daily Planet is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 charitable organization founded in 1969. For more than 35 years, we’ve been a leading provider of services to the Greater Richmond homeless population. The Daily Planet is committed to providing the highest quality service in the most cost-effective manner to the people we serve.

Over the years, the Planet has continually adapted the services it provides to best meet the ever-changing needs of our clients. Today, Daily Planet serves as part of Homeward’s Greater Richmond Continuum of Care and provides a wide scope of health and human welfare services to the urban poor and homeless population. The Planet operates the only free standing health care center in the area providing primary health care to the homeless, uninsured and underinsured regardless of their ability to pay. Additionally, Daily Planet provides a 12-week job training and placement program to the unemployed homeless and offers at no charge to those in need: eye care, dental care, mental health and psychiatric care, laundry and shower facilities, case management, mail and substance abuse services.

Under the direction of Executive Director Peter Prizzio, who joined the Planet in December 2002, Daily Planet is open for business from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., five days a week. The organization services nearly 1,400 active participants, and handles anywhere from 100-150 clients on a normal operating day—translating into roughly 30,000 encounters a year!

Daily Planet does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, handicap or any other non-performance factor in employment and the provision of other services.

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