Child and Family Services Agency The District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency provides important services to promote the safety and well-being of children and families. The agency coordinates public and private partnerships to preserve families through foster care, adoption, and child welfare services, and to protect children against abuse or neglect.
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D.C. Food Finder
(Separate Website)
This website provides information about:
- FREE and low cost meals and groceries
- Places to apply for and use food assistance benefits
- Cooking classes and nutrition workshops
- Farmers' markets
- Community gardens
- Other food resources in DC
(Project of Healthy Affordable Food For All)
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Father Focus Father Focus is a counseling program that supports, encourages, and helps fathers develop and maintain close relationships with their children and families. Father Focus also provides a community of men who can talk about the joys and experiences of fatherhood.
Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division D.C. Superior Court The Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division (Multi-Door) helps parties settle disputes through mediation and other types of appropriate dispute resolution (ADR), including arbitration, case evaluation and conciliation. The name "Multi-Door" comes from the multi-door courthouse concept, which envisions one courthouse with multiple dispute resolution doors or programs. Cases are referred through the appropriate door for resolution. The goals of a multi-door approach are to provide citizens with easy access to justice, reduce delay, and provide links to related services, making more options available through which disputes can be resolved. The Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division of the D.C. Superior Court assists parties to reach agreements that meet their interests, preserve relationships, and save time and money. Our mediators and dispute resolution specialists are trained at Multi-Door to serve in a wide range of cases, from civil to small claims, to family.
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Strive D.C., Inc. Serves unemployed men, women, and youth in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. It was established to assist hard to serve individuals obtain the skills needed to get and keep a job. The services offered are Job Training Readiness, STRIVE For Success (SFS) fast-track GED program, and Career Gear, provides professional clothing to men seeking work.
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www.211metrodc.org
(Separate Website)
A listing of thousands of health and human services programs available to assist you.
By: Nonprofit Roundtable
Child and Family Services Agency The District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency provides important services to promote the safety and well-being of children and families. The agency coordinates public and private partnerships to preserve families through foster care, adoption, and child welfare services, and to protect children against abuse or neglect.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
D.C. Food Finder
(Separate Website)
This website provides information about:
- FREE and low cost meals and groceries
- Places to apply for and use food assistance benefits
- Cooking classes and nutrition workshops
- Farmers' markets
- Community gardens
- Other food resources in DC
(Project of Healthy Affordable Food For All)
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Easter Seal Society for Disabled Children, Inc. This organization is a therapeutic pre-school for disabled and non-disabled children. It provides out-patient therapy and transportation to programs for clients residing in D.C. It is also an outreach program to public and private schools on handling severely handicapped children and it provides physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
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Father Focus Father Focus is a counseling program that supports, encourages, and helps fathers develop and maintain close relationships with their children and families. Father Focus also provides a community of men who can talk about the joys and experiences of fatherhood.
Hillcrest Children's Center The Center provides professional evaluations and therapy services to children and their families in an outpatient medical health clinic setting. It conducts a weekly Parenting Program for parents of special needs children, play therapy groups, and adolescent groups.
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Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division D.C. Superior Court The Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division (Multi-Door) helps parties settle disputes through mediation and other types of appropriate dispute resolution (ADR), including arbitration, case evaluation and conciliation. The name "Multi-Door" comes from the multi-door courthouse concept, which envisions one courthouse with multiple dispute resolution doors or programs. Cases are referred through the appropriate door for resolution. The goals of a multi-door approach are to provide citizens with easy access to justice, reduce delay, and provide links to related services, making more options available through which disputes can be resolved. The Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division of the D.C. Superior Court assists parties to reach agreements that meet their interests, preserve relationships, and save time and money. Our mediators and dispute resolution specialists are trained at Multi-Door to serve in a wide range of cases, from civil to small claims, to family.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
www.211metrodc.org
(Separate Website)
A listing of thousands of health and human services programs available to assist you.
By: Nonprofit Roundtable
Anchor Mental Health Association, Catholic Charities Anchor Mental Health provides comprehensive support for adults and children with mental illness or behavioral disorders. Programs focus on diagnosis and management, and then move adults to secure employment, education and independence.
Answers Please Call Center The 211 Answers, Please! program links residents of the District of Columbia with a network of government and community social service providers. 211 Answers, Please! specializes in referrals that meet essential human needs for food, shelter, financial assistance, and healthcare. DC residents may access information 24-hours a day, seven days a week, by dialing our 211 Answers, Please! call center at (202) 463-6211.
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Bethany Women's Center This day shelter offers lunch, a women's support group, and shower and laundry facilities.
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Center for Child Protection and Family Support The Center's mission is to ensure that all children, particularly inner-city and disadvantaged youth, are given the opportunity to mature and develop within a family, free of maltreatment and a community that nurtures and protects them from violence. The services offered are parent education, mentoring, therapeutic and mental health services, emergency food, counseling, and domestic violence resources.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
D.C. Food Finder
(Separate Website)
This website provides information about:
- FREE and low cost meals and groceries
- Places to apply for and use food assistance benefits
- Cooking classes and nutrition workshops
- Farmers' markets
- Community gardens
- Other food resources in DC
(Project of Healthy Affordable Food For All)
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Ethiopian Community Center, Inc. The Center provides referrals and information about social services, health care, lawyers, immigration, and family counseling. Case workers are available to provide direct counseling for interpersonal, immigration, and employment problems. Job placement assistance is also available.
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LawHelp.org/DC is a project of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program with support from the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers and funding from the D.C. Bar Foundation.
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