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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Spanish / Español
Home Purchase Assistance Program, Greater Washington Urban League The Program assists residents in purchasing single-family homes, shares of a cooperative, or a condominium, by providing $10,000 to $30,000 financial assistance for first-time home buyers. Applicants will be referred to an intake office in their ward.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Housing Counseling Services, Inc. Housing Counseling Services provides counseling to tenants who are facing eviction or are delinquent in rent payments and to home owners who are facing default or are delinquent in mortgage payments. It provides Emergency Rental Assistance funding to qualified applicants (see attached file for information on how and where to apply). It offers pre-purchasing counseling, budget and financial counseling, and home rehabilitation counseling. It assists consumers by citing appropriate laws and regulations and by providing referrals. A certified housing counselor is available to assist with related problems.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
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PDF File
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Kuehner Place for Abused and Neglected Elderly This is a program of the D.C. Office on Aging and SOME (So Others Might Eat). The shelter is for those elderly persons who have suffered some form of abuse or who are at risk in the community. There are multiple services offered, including meals.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Lydia's House As the only Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved faith-based counseling agency in DC, and the only housing counseling agency in Ward 8, Lydia's House is making it possible for first time home buyers to purchase property in the Washington metropolitan area. As a full-service housing counseling agency, Lydia's House provides homeless and homeowner counseling, foreclosure prevention and financial literacy.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Marshall Heights Community Development Organization MHCDO provides services designed to expand economic opportunities, increase self-sufficiency, and improve the quality of life for individuals and families.
Services include: Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling, Mortgage Default/Foreclosure Counseling, Predatory Lending Counseling, Credit Counseling, Homebuyer Education Program, Pre and Post Purchase/Homeownership Counseling, Emergency Services, Mortgage, Rental, and Utilities Assistance, Supportive Housing, Workforce Development, Adult Education, GED Preparation, Career Youth Initiative, Computer Literacy, Family Support, and Clothing and Food Distribution.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Office on Latino Affairs, Office of the Mayor, DC Government The mission of the Office on Latino Affairs is to improve the quality of life of the District's Latino population by providing community-based grants, advocacy, community relations and outreach services to residents so they can have access to a full range of health, education, housing, economic development and employment services.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Operation HOPE, HOPE Center Services: One-on-one credit, budget, and homebuyer counseling; weekly homebuyer and money management classes; monthly credit seminars.
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Separate Website
www.211metrodc.org
(Separate Website)
A listing of thousands of health and human services programs available to assist you.
By: Nonprofit Roundtable
Bethany Women's Center This day shelter offers lunch, a women's support group, and shower and laundry facilities.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Calvary Women's Shelter Calvary Women's Shelter is a 25-bed transitional housing program for women for all women in need. Support services ensure that women who stay at the shelter are able to make positive steps toward independence. Calvary also provides women educational programs, employment opportunities, personal support from case managers, mental health services, addiction recovery support and much more
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Central Union Mission Central Union Mission offers spiritual recovery during a 16-24 week program that includes alcoholic rehabilitation and temporary shelter for men. Meals are served twice a day. Chapel services are also provided.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Change, Inc. Change, Inc. provides assistance in finding affordable housing as well as temporary shelter, employment readiness training, and referrals for emergency food, clothing bank, and shelter.
Christ House Christ House provides a 32 bed medical recovery unit for homeless men and women suffering from medical conditions. Persons may reside there until they are recovered, at which time they will be referred to a more permanent place of residence.
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
D.C. Housing Authority The Housing Authority provides rent assistance for low-income families and individuals. Once certified to receive aid, the recipients find their own housing, although some assistance is given by the agency.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
D.C. Rape Crisis Center The Center's services include: a 24-hour hotline, group and individual counseling services for rape and incest survivors and their families and friends, a companion program to accompany survivors to hospitals, courts and police proceedings, low-cost self-defense classes, a growing library, training for professionals working with survivors and a wide array of community education programs including "Staying Safe" classes for children of all ages within the D.C. public school system.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
DC Office on Aging The DC Office on Aging develops and carries out a comprehensive and coordinated system of health, education, employment, and social services for the District's elderly population, who are 60 years of age and older. Its services include a city-run nursing home as well as Senior Centers throughout the District, all of which serve lunch.
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Emergency Rental Assistance Program
(Separate Website)
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) helps low-income District residents who face housing emergencies. A housing emergency happens when immediate action is needed to avoid homelessness, to re-establish a home, or to prevent eviction from a home.
By: DC Department of Human Services
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