Mother, daughter accused of stealing from program that help D.C.’s blind

A mother and daughter have been charged with stealing more than $280,000 that was supposed to be used to help some of the District’s blind residents get a chance to earn a living.

Barbara Stevenson-Jones, 70, and her daughter, Pamela R. Stevenson, 51, owned Wellness, a city contractor given hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to recruit, train and support blind people who had obtained food vending licenses.