Resources

Ayuda

Ayuda provides legal, social, and language services to help low-income immigrants in our neighborhoods access justice and transform their lives…. Legal and support services for Latina battered and immigrant women

(202) 387-4848

https://ayuda.com/

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition strives to ensure equal justice for all immigrant adults and children at risk of detention and deportation in the Capital region area and beyond through direct legal representation, know your rights presentations, impact litigation, advocacy, and the enlistment and training of attorneys to defend immigrants.

https://www.caircoalition.org

CARECEN (Central American Resource Center)

Our mission is to foster the comprehensive development of the Latino population by providing direct services while promoting grassroots empowerment, civic engagement, and human rights advocacy.

(202) 328-9799

https://carecendc.org/

Ethiopian Community Center

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.

(202) 726-0800

https://www.ethiopiancommunitydc.org

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center

The mission of the APALRC is the advance the civil and legal rights of Asian Americans by focusing on providing linguistically accessible and culturally appropriate legal services to low-income Asian immigrants in Metro-DC who have limited English proficiency. The goal is to ensure that Asian Americans can access government services and the legal system to protect and enforce their right, and to seek full participation in American society. The APALRC seeks to accomplish this mission through a three-prong strategy that combines community legal education, individual representation, and systemic advocacy.

(202) 706-7150

https://www.apalrc.org/

African Law Center

Our legal advocates help refugees and immigrants address instances of individual rights violations by offering linguistically accessible and culturally appropriate legal advice, counsel and representation. By helping refugees and immigrants obtain legal status, we break down a major barrier and set them on a course to access all other rights, including access to shelter and food, safe and legal employment, healthcare and education, and protection from harm by stopping deportation to countries they are fleeing from. To enable refugees and immigrants to access our services beyond our offices, we also organize Mobile Legal Clinics to bring our assistance directly to remote refugee communities.

(202) 643-0079

https://africanlawcenter.org/legal-assistance/

Children's Law Center

Nonprofit corporation providing free legal services to children, families and foster caregivers in the District of Columbia

(202) 467-4900

https://childrenslawcenter.org/

Legal Aid Sociecty of the District of Columbia

DC's oldest and largest civil legal services organization. The domestic violence/family law attorneys represent clients in a wide range of intrafamily matters in the DC Superior Court.

(202) 628-1161

http://legalaiddc.org/

Domestic Violence Intake Center

TheDVIC provides a single access point for victims of domestic violence by conducting intake evaluations, providing counseling, safety planning, assisting victims in drafting pleadings and other documents necessary for acquisition of protective orders and free legal representation.

(202) 727-7137

http://mpdc.dc.gov/page/domestic-violence-intake-center

Victim Witness Program

The Victim Witness Assistance Unit provides assistance to victims and witnesses of serious crime while they are involved with the criminal justice system. Unit Staff will also help victims understand how the criminal justice system works and assist with restitution and services.

(202) 514-7130

https://www.justice.gov/uspc/victim-witness-program

Lawyers' Committee fo Civil Rights Under Law

The Committee's major objective is to use the skills and resources of the bar to obtain equal opportunity for minorities by addressing factors that contribute to racial justice and economic opportunity. The Lawyers' Committee implements its mission and objectives by marshaling the pro bono resources of the bar for litigation, public policy, advocacy, and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.

https://lawyerscommittee.org/

Georgetown Law - Juvenile Justice Clinic

As one of the first legal clinics of its kind, the Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic continues to be one of the premier law school clinics in the country. The Clinic represents youth charged with delinquency in DC, and provides an experiential and classroom learning opportunity for law students and resources and support for juvenile defenders practicing locally and nationally.

(202) 687-4942

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/clinical-programs/our-clinics/JJC/index.cfm

Took-Crowell Institute for At-Risk Youth

UDC David A. Clarke School of Law students and faculty supervisors in the Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic provide representation in special education, school discipline, and exclusion cases.

(202) 274-7314

http://www.law.udc.edu/?page=JuvenileClinic

Advocates for Justice and Education

The mission of Advocates for Justice and Education is to educate parents, youth and community about the laws governing public education, specifically for children with special needs. We seek to empower youth and parents to be effective advocates on behalf of their children to ensure that they receive an appropriate education.

(202) 678-8060

http://www.aje-dc.org/

American University -- Disability Rights Law Clinic

The DRLC is a two-semester clinic in which law students represent clients and their families in a variety of matters related to disability law and people with disabilities (both mental and physical). A significant focus of the DRLC is on examining circumstances in which clients with disabilities are wrongly assumed to lack physical or mental capacity to participate in society to the same extent as people without disabilities. The DRLC represents clients in special education matters in Washington, DC; admission/commitment cases (as either counsel or guardian ad litem) before the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Branch of the Family Court of DC Superior Court; cases arising under Titles I-III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, regarding discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, state and local services and public accommodations; grievance proceedings within the DC Department of Mental Health; guardianship proceedings; transactional matters, such as home purchases and applications for 501 (c)(3) status; immigration matters; and so on.

(202) 274-4000

https://www.wcl.american.edu/clinical/disability.cfm

DC SAFE

Our mission is to ensure the safety and self-determination of domestic violence survivors in Washington, DC through emergency services, court advocacy and system reform.

(202) 879-0720 or (202) 561-3000

http://dcsafe.org/

Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless envisions a just and inclusive community for all residents of the District of Columbia, where housing is a human right and where every individual and family has equal access to the resources they need to thrive.

(202) 328-5500

http://www.legalclinic.org/

Capital Area Food Bank

With the assistance of a volunteer Chef instructor, Capital Area Food Bank offers a Cooking Matters program that teaches hands on meal preparation, nutrition and food budgeting. Participants receive recipes and a bag of groceries each week so they can practice what they learned at home. The mission of the Food bank is to empower families at risk of hunger with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to prepare healthy, affordable meals.

(202) 644-9827

https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/

Bread for the City

The mission of Bread for the City is to provide vulnerable residents of Washington, DC with comprehensive services, including food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect.

(202) 265-2400

https://breadforthecity.org/

Miriam's Kitchen

Miriam’s Kitchen is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization founded in 1983 in response to an urgent need for services for the homeless in downtown Washington, DC

(202) 452-8926

https://miriamskitchen.org/

So Others Might Eat

SOME (So Others Might Eat) is an interfaith, community-based organization that exists to help the poor and homeless of our nation’s capital. We meet the immediate daily needs of the people we serve with food, clothing, and health care. We help break the cycle of homelessness by offering services, such as affordable housing, job training, addiction treatment, and counseling, to the poor, the elderly and individuals with mental illness

(202) 797-8806

https://some.org/

Thrive DC

Thrive DC works to prevent and end homelessness in Washington, DC by providing vulnerable 
people with a wide range of services to help stabilize their lives. Founded in 1979 to serve 
dinner to homeless women, Thrive DC has grown to be a comprehensive, professionally 
staffed, bilingual organization serving more than 2,000 men, women, and children each year.

(202) 737-9311

https://www.thrivedc.org/

Spanish Catholic Center

Catholic Charities operates Family Support Programs assisting individuals, families and 
immigrants in need. We help clients with a variety of social services including food, clothing, 
shelter, medication, and publicly funded health insurance. We believe in helping people 
develop the skills and tools to move from crisis or isolation to stability and growth.Second and 
Fourth Wednesday of each month 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Distribution is at the nearby Lamont 
Plaza on the corner of Mt. Pleasant Street NW and Lamont Street NW.

(202) 939-2400 ext. 966

https://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/program/family-support-services/

La Clinica Del Pueblo

Building a healthy Latino community for more than 35 years, through culturally appropriate 
health services.

(202) 462-4788

https://www.lcdp.org/

Mi Casa

Mi Casa is a nonprofit affordable housing developer committed to providing quality affordable housing to low and moderate households in the Washington DC area.

(202) 722-7423

https://micasa-inc.org/

Ethiopian Community Center

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.

(202) 643-6726

https://www.ethiopiancommunitydc.org/

Spanish Catholic Center Medical 
Clinic

Catholic Charities operates Family Support Programs assisting individuals, families and 
immigrants in need. We help clients with a variety of social services including medica, mental 
health, and dental services.

(202) 939-2400

https://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/program/volunteer-medical-clinic-2/

Su Familia - The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline

Su Familia: The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline provides free reliable and confidential 
health information in Spanish and English to help callers navigate the health system. Staffed 
by bilingual health promotion advisors who provide basic information on a wide range of 
health topics. Additionally, our up-to-date database includes over 13,000 providers enabling 
health promotion advisors to refer callers to health care services in their community

1-866-783-2645

https://www.healthyamericas.org/help-line

Latin American Youth Center

At our sites in DC and Maryland, young people can obtain free mental health and substance 
use counseling, and STI, HIV, and pregnancy testing in our DC site. Our DC site also offers 
parenting classes to young parents. LAYC’s long-standing cooperation with area schools allows 
us to place staff in partner schools to provide pregnancy/ STI education. Many health and 
wellness programs offer a peer education and leadership component that enables youth to 
teach what they have learned and to organize community events.

(202) 319-2225

https://www.layc-dc.org/health-and-wellness

People Animals Love (PAL)

(AALEAD) Asian American Youth Leadership Empowerment and Development

AALEAD serves the Asian community and offers after school, mentoring, and summer programs for youth. 

(202) 884-0322

https://www.aalead.org/what-we-do/programs/mentoring/

Latin American Youth Center 

LAYC is proud to offer a rich program of arts and recreation for youth in a safe and drug and alcohol-free environment.

(202) 319-2225

https://www.layc-dc.org/health-and-wellness

CentroNia

CentroNía is a multicultural learning community with a pioneering approach to
bilingual education. Children build bilingual literacy skills and teens experiment in
music with artists-in-residence. Studio R.O.C.K.S. (Reading, Outdoors, Creativity,
Knowledge, Self-Discovery) is a before- and afterschool program that weaves together academics, drama, music, dance, chess, fine arts, photography and technology.

(202) 332-4200

https://www.centronia.org/enroll-studiorocks/

Gala Hispanic Theatre 

Promotion of Latino performing arts and culture through the
presentation of bilingual theatre, poetry, music, and dance. GALA
has programs aimed at youth and elementary aged children.

(202) 234-7174

https://www.galatheatre.org/about

The Wegene Youth Club (WYC) 

The Wegene Youth Club (WYC) is a subsection of the Wegene Ethiopian Foundation which works to build a more connected and engaged Ethiopian-American youth community in the Washington, D.C. metro area. In order to achieve this objective, we engage local youth to build knowledge in social responsibility and leadership – while having fun events for fellowship as well.

https://www.wegene.org/get-involved/youth-club/

Ethiopian Community Center

The Center has youth camps. Ethiopian Community Center (ECC) formally launched this program in 2015, in response to a community outcry for affordable and structured activities for children and youth during summer school closures and also due to an unmet need for culturally and linguistically targeted youth development programs specifically tailored to the experiences and needs of African immigrant youth.  

https://www.ethiopiancommunitydc.org/youth-camps

GOTR uses the power of running to prepare and educate girls for a lifetime of selfesteem and healthy living. This includes empowering girls to avoid participation in at-risk activities, such as substance/alcohol use, eating disorders and the early onset of sexual activity, sedentary lifestyle, depression, suicide attempts and confrontations with the juvenile justice system.

Junior Tennis Champions
Center

The objective of the MBA is to implant the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty,
courage, loyalty and reverence so that students may be finer, stronger and happier
children and young adults who grow up to be good, clean and healthy citizens. These
objectives are achieved by providing adult
supervised competitive athletic events.