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The following Social Service agencies help District residents meet financial needs in the areas of food, housing, and utility assistance.

Agency Service Provided Contact Information Ward
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Anacostia Community Service Center
http://www.anacostiaoutreach.org
2443 Ainger Place S.E., Washington, D.C. 20020
202-889- 5607
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Bread for the City
http://www.breadforthecity.org/
1525 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 202.265.2400 All
Catholic Community Services – DCEAF – Southeast Family Center 
http://www.CatholicCharitiesDC.org
220 Highview Place, SE, Washington, DC 20032
(202) 574-3442
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Catholic Community Services – Emergency Service -NE Family Center 
http://www.CatholicCharitiesDC.org
1438 Rhode Island Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20018 (202) 526-4100 3,5
Change Inc. 1413 Park Road, NW, Washington, DC 20010 (202) 387-3725 1
D.C. Department of Human Services 
http://dhs.dc.gov/
64 New York Avenue, NE, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20002 (202) 671-4200 All
DOEE Energy Office https://doee.dc.gov// 2000 14th Street, NW, Suite 300 East, Washington , DC 20009 202-673-6750 All
Emmaus Services for the Aging http://www.emmausservices.org /index.html 1426 9th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001-3344 (202) 745-1200 All
Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative http://www.fsfsc.org 2041 MLK Jr., Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20020 202-889-1425 7,8
Greater Washington Urban League www.gwul.org 2900 Newton Street, NE, Washington , DC 20018 (202) 529-8701 5
Marshall Heights Community Services Center http://www.MHCDO.org 3939 Benning Road, NE, Washington , DC 20019 (202) 396-1200, ext. 150, 139 7
Salvation Army -Washington (Solomon G. Brown), DC http://www.salvationarmynca.org 2300 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE Washington
Telephone: (202) 678-9773, Email: mi**********@us*.org
Services Offered: 
• Emergency Financial Assistance
• Food & Nutrition Programs
• Worship Services – Children’s / Teen
• Worship Services – Church
• Christian Education
• Men’s Ministries
• Music & Arts Programs
• Worship Services – Sunday School
• Women’s Ministries
• Worship Services – Young Adult
• Worship Services – Youth Ministries
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Salvation Army, National Capital Area http://salvationarmynca.org/ 1434 Harvard Street, NW, Washington , DC 20009 (202) 332-5000 All
United Planning Organization/ Anacostia Community Service Center http://www.upo.org 1649 Good Hope Road, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20020 (202) 610-5900 6,7,8
United Planning Organization/ Shaw Community Service Center http://www.upo.org 1726 Seventh Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 462-6401 1,2
Healthy Families Thriving Communities Collaborative Council 1112 11th Street, NW, Suite C02, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 299-0900