A look at how AI is impacting Education, Healthcare, Housing, and Labor across the Washington, D.C. area. Also, how Hurricane Melissa relief efforts are impacting remote areas of Jamaica.
AI in the D.C. Region: What’s Changing
Education
D.C. public schools report that approximately 50% of districts provided generative AI tool training. Surveys show 38% of educators in D.C. using AI tools weekly or more, with 48% noting gains in efficiency and productivity.[dcpolicycenter.org]
Healthcare
MedStar–Georgetown AI CoLab summit (Oct 2025): The second annual "AI for Health" Summit brought together health professionals to discuss practical AI applications—chatbots, predictive models, governance frameworks, multimodal data use—and included hands-on workshops for healthcare providers.[aicolab.ge...getown.edu], [medstarhealth.org]
Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) AI pilots (2025): Through the DC PSH Innovation Lab, Pathways to Housing DC and Woodley House are using Eleos AI to assist case managers with clinical notetaking. Adoption is high (>87%) and Woodley House saved over 150 hours in 3 months; note review times halved.[thecommuni...dation.org]
Labor
TalentCapital.AI platform for displaced federal workers (2025): Launched in October 2025 by DC and council of governments, this AI-powered portal (with “Celeste” agent) supports federal employees affected by layoffs with job matches, reskilling, and coaching across D.C., MD, and VA. It’s well-received media-wide.[federalnew...etwork.com], [wtop.com], [technical.ly], [wjla.com], [dcnewsnow.com]
Hurricane Melissa Relief — Join Us
From Grass to Grace (503c) has joined forces with Orca Intelligence, Upling, IndyGeneus Bio, and Harvest Caribbean Missions Fellowship to organize a direct relief campaign to provide essential tools, supplies, and resources to help Jamaican farmers and families rebuild their lives and livelihoods. We have supported several families directly by collecting over $3500 in cash and nearly $5,000 in supplies. Everyone who has contributed helps families and small businesses rebuild—funding logistics, supplies, case management, and rapid needs assessments. See pictures of Collin from Upling and Nicola from Source Farm Eco Village making distributions.
100% of donations routed via the relief portal go directly to vetted on‑the‑ground partners.
These efforts are going to take years to rebuild these communities. We will continue to need your support. To make a one time, or reoccurring, donation click here.
Contact us to drop off donations, new items only or very gentle used items on January 24th.
Guided a complex Raincode migration for a mainframe application
Earned the IT Solutions Award for Swiftly during the Black in Business Awards hosted by Black Business Council and MBA Growth Partners read more here in Bethesda Magazine
Received a community leader recognition plaque from Adeoye "Oye" Ibrahim Yakubu-Owolewa, Shadow Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Launched a preschool developmental app, and
Helped shield a mission-driven organization from further cybersecurity attacks
What to expect from Orca in 2026
Looking ahead, expect more Leadership Labs, expanded AI strategy support, and a more powerful Solutions Architecture Agent within Swiftly—along with additional digital transformation initiatives and a steady cadence of meaningful wins for organizations like yours.
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