Adult Directory 2013

(The) Family Place - 3309 16 th Street, NW 20010
(202) 265-0149, Fax (202) 483-0650 www.thefamilyplacedc.org
Katherine Rosas, Program Director
Health and welfare education, developmental social services, counseling for families
with children 0-3 yrs: Childbirth and parenting education, expecting parents and
families with children 0-3 yrs in Shaw area. Lunch offered daily, emergency food and
diapers. Support groups fathers/mothers Mon - Fri 9am to 5:30pm. Parenting and DV
groups call for times. Spanish
Food and Friends - 219 Riggs Road, NE 20011
(202) 269-2277 www.foodandfriends.org
Carrie Stolzfus, Program Coordinator
Home-delivered, groceries, home-cooked meals to people living with challenging
illnesses such as AIDS and cancer. Recipients must have a qualifying illness,
compromised nutritional status, and a limited ability to prepare their own meals. No
income or insurance coverage restrictions.
Freecycle.org - www.freecycle.org
Membership groups around the world give and receive tangible goods in lieu of
discarding and destroying the items. Goods include furniture, clothing, toys, books,
appliances. Membership is free.
Help By Phone - (301) 699-9009
Residents of PG Co: food, clothing, prescription help (up to $75, will not cover pain
medication), transportation to doctor’s appointments, financial counseling and related
emergency services. Referrals not required.
Housing Counseling Services, Inc. - 2410 17 th Street, NW 20009
(202) 667-7006, Fax (202) 462-5305 Marian Siegel, Executive Director
(202) 667-2681, Fax (202) 667-0862 Oscar Mitchell, Housing Program Manager
Housing counseling, training and advocacy. Credit repair, budgeting, landlord/tenant
issues, mortgage delinquency, pre-purchase counseling, reverse mortgages,
cooperative/condominium living, Home purchase workshops. Spanish, Chinese
Hope House - 6031 3 rd Street, NW 20011
(202) 506-2253 www.hopehousedc.org
Carol Fennelly, Director
Brenda Marbury, Outreach Coordinator; Ayo Ngozi, Program Coordinator
Services and programs to help incarcerated DC fathers connect and strengthen
relations with their children. Accepts applications from imprisoned fathers only.
Fathers must qualify by the respective institution and complete parenting class to
participate.
Father to Child Video-conferencing Program facilitates video-conferencing
sessions (1 call per 3 weeks) between incarcerated fathers at Rivers CI and their
children.
Father to Child Reading Program provides children’s books for inmates to
record. The father reads a story into an audio or video tape. Then the book and the
taped story are mailed to the child.
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Community & Confinement Access Guide