Adult Directory 2013

person, mail, online. Complaints are investigated by OPC investigators who submits
recommendation to a 5 member review board for further action or mediation.
Office of Tenant Advocate (OTA) - 2000 14 th Street, NW N-300, 20009
(202) 719-6560, Fax (202) 719-6586 www.ota.dc.gov
Johanna Shreve, Chief Advocate
Emergency housing and relocation expenses for DC tenants displaced due to: Fire,
floods, government closures. Provides temporary hotel accommodations, storage
expenses (up to 60 days), first month’s rent, security deposit and utility deposit. Legal
advice and direct representation at judicial hearing.
Public Defender Service - 633 Indiana Avenue, NW 2 nd Floor 20004 www.pdsdcdc.org
(202) 628-1200, Avis E. Buchannan, Director, Rudy Acree, Deputy Director
Civil Legal Services Division - 601 Penn. Ave, NW # 110 20004
(202) 628-1200, Fax (202) 824-2521, Robert Hornstein, Civil Chief
Handles wide range of matters involving the collateral consequences of a criminal
arrest, conviction or an extended period of incarceration for PDS clients: Civil
forfeiture, eviction, denial of public benefits, employment termination, termination of
parental rights, and other family court proceedings, immigration, and academic
expulsion. Special Education Advocates ensure that youth receive appropriate
diagnostic assessment and IEP, and where appropriate, secure alternative educational
programs.
Community Defender Division (CDD) - 680 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, # H-5
20002 (202) 824-2801, Fax (202) 824-2819, Jamie Rodriguez, Acting CDD Chief
Juvenile Services Program (JSP) - Jamie Rodriguez, Coordinator
Represents children at institutional disciplinary hearings and administrative
community status review hearings. Advocates for youth regarding conditions of
confinement in the District's secure facilities. Serves as a conduit between youth and
their respective attorneys in connection with their placement at the New Beginnings
Youth Development Center in Laurel, Maryland (DC’s committed facility), Youth
Services Center(YSC) in Northeast DC (DC’s detention facility), and other DYRS
placements including shelter, group homes, and residential treatment facilities.
Implements programs and initiatives for juveniles in the community-setting.
Community Re-entry Program (CRP) Responds to the legal and social service
needs of those who are returning home from jail or prison. Provides legal education,
referrals, and representation to DC Code Offenders. Areas of legal education include:
Employment, housing, and family law. Facilitates the delivery of critical support
services to returning persons by maintaining partnerships with community-based
organizations. Assists clients with applications for pardons and, where eligible, for
record sealing. Organizes annual Community Reentry & Expungement Summit.
Institutional Services Program (ISP)
Serves as the PDS liaison to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and to the various
component parts of the DC corrections system to help protect the legal rights of
incarcerated DC Code Offenders. Provides legal advice, information, and
representation to DC Code Offenders who are confined in correctional facilities in
DC and elsewhere throughout the country. Where possible and appropriate, monitors
the conditions under which are incarcerated.
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