Community Resources & Links
Public Benefits
Department of Human Services
Social Security Online
Housing / Homelessness
Calvary Women’s Services
Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV)
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place
Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness
Coalition for the Homeless
District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA)
District Alliance for Safe Housing: Housing Resource Center
House of Ruth
Housing Counseling Services
Downtown BID Homeless Services
Gospel Rescue Ministries
HUD
Interagency Council on Homelessness
Miriam’s Kitchen
National Alliance to End Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless
N Street Village
Our Place DC
For shelter referrals, outreach and transportation services for homeless persons in the DC area,
please call the Shelter Hotline: 1-800-535-7252 or 202-399-7093.
Dental
Bread for the City’s list of free and low-cost dental care providers.
Food
Capital Area Food Bank
So Others Might Eat (SOME)
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
Mental health
DMH access helpline: 1 (888) 793-4357
Green Door
Community Connections
Employment
Byte Back
Employment Justice Center
Jubilee Jobs
Samaritan Ministry
SOME Center for Employment Training
Medical Care / Insurance
Ngozi Project: Finding Health Care You Need in the DC Metro Region
Health Right
Unity Health Care
Legal
AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly
DC Bar
Employment Justice Center
www.Lawhelp.org/DC
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
Other Community Agencies
So Others Might Eat (SOME)
Unity Health Care
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
United Planning Organization (UPO)
Manna Mortgage
DC Government
Contact your City Council Member
On-line Resource Guides
Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington – Emergency Directory
DC Metro Area Self Sufficiency Calculator