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  • If you are in immediate danger, please call 911.
  • If you would like to talk to someone about a victimization, please contact any of the following organizations that provide direct assistance to victims in DC. All contact with these providers is kept confidential. 

Note: The Office of Victim Services provides links to the following resources as a public service. The District government is not responsible for information on websites outside the DC portal. Specific inquiries should be made to the sponsoring organizations.
 
Program/Project/Service Provider Phone
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (24-hour hotline) (202) 393-3572
Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (202) 464-4477
Ayuda (support for battered immigrants) (202) 387-4848
Break the Cycle 1 (888) 988-TEEN
CASA for Children of DC (202) 887-0007
Center for Child Protection and Family Support (202) 544-3144
Children's National Medical Center 1 (888) 884-2327
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (202) 229-1181
(202) 879-7851
DC Office of the Attorney General (202) 727-3400
DC Rape Crisis Center (24-hour Hotline) (202) 333-RAPE
Deaf and Abused Women's Network TTY (202) 721-8298
District Alliance for Safe Housing (202) 785-3274
District of Columbia Courts (202) 879-1434
Emergency Domestic Relations Project (Legal Services) (202) 561-3000
Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (24-hour hotline) 1 (800) 676-HIPS
Hillcrest Children's Center (202) 645-9200
House of Ruth (24-hour hotline) (202) 347-2777
Latin American Youth Center (202) 319-2225
Legal Aid Society (Domestic Violence Intake Center) (202) 661-5957
Mary's Center for Maternal and Childcare (202) 483-8196
Metropolitan Police Department ­­­­- Victim Assistance
(202) 727-7137
  • MPD Family Liaison Unit (homicide survivors)
  • (202) 645-9629
  • MPD Gay and Lesbian Unit
  • (202) 727-5427
    My Sister's Place (24-hour Hotline) (202) 529-5991
    Polaris Project (202) 745-1001
    Ramona's Way (Counseling Case Management) (202) 561-3000
    Reaching Out to Others Together 1 (866) 570-ROOT (7668)
    Safe Shores–DC Child Advocacy Center (202) 671-SAFE
    Second Chance Employment Services 1 (888) 331-7451
    Survivors of Homicide
    (202) 882-9190 or (202) 882-1677
    Wendt Center for Loss and Healing (202) 624-0010
    Women Empowered Against Violence (202) 452-9550