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Washington DC


 

School-info4u.com has compiled a comprehensive list of support groups and services in Washington DC.

 

 

 

 

Substance misuse

Cornell Abraxas
4017 Minnesota Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20019
(202) 396-6007
Web: www.cornellcompanies.com

Family and Medical Counseling Service
2041 Martin Luther King Avenue SE Suite M-2
Washington, DC 20020
(202) 889-7900
Web: www.fmcsinc.org

Hillcrest Childrens Center
1325 W Street NW 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Hotline: (202) 359-2903
(202) 232-6100
Web: www.hillcrestchildrenscenter.org

Riverside Hospital/Acute Program
4460 MacArthur Boulevard NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 333-9355
Web: www.riversidehospital.com

Youth Intervention and Abstinence
3720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20032
Hotline: (202) 698-6080
(202) 645-0339

 

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Emotional well-being

Mental Health Association of DC
1628 l6th Street, N.W., 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 265-6363
Email: info@mhadc.org
Web: www.mhadc.org

 

 

 

 

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Benefits-social-security


District of Columbia
District of Columbia Public Schools
Union Square
825 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 724-4222
Fax: (202) 442-5026
Email: dcpsweb@k12.dc.us
Web:www.k12.dc.us/dcps/home.html

Department of Education
825 N. Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 6100
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-4800
Web: www.k12.dc.us/

Department of Special Education
825 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 442-4800; (202) 442-5517 (fax); (202) 442-5518
Web:www.k12.dc.us/dcps/specialed/dcpsspecedhome.html

 

 

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Equal opportunities

ADULT LEGAL, LLC
1250 H Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 399-6137; (202) 399-6519 (fax)
Email: ecesquire@earthlink.net

ADULT LEGAL provides education advocacy training to parents through presentation of self-help seminars and a speaker's bureau, and additionally provides legal representation and parental support.


Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc.
2041 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, S.E., Suite 301
Washington, D.C. 20020
(202) 678-8060; (888) 327-8060
Email: kim.jones@AJE-DC.org
Web: www.AJE-DC.org

All Can Read LLC
Faune Marie Watkins (Executive Director)
1025 Vermont Ave. N.W. Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 783-2211
Email: allcanread@starpower.net
Web: www.allcanread.com

All Can Read offers one-on-one tutoring for children who are experiencing ‘Learning Opportunities’. Scientifically based reading instruction. Trained in several NCLB reading programs.



The Arc of the District of Columbia, Inc.
900 Varnum Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20017
(202) 636-2950


DC Developmental Disabilities Council
2700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, S.E.
Department of Human Services/801 East Building
Washington, DC 20032
(202) 279-6085

DC Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 91016
Washington, DC 20090-1016
(202) 877-8061
Email: robin.goffen@gallaudet.edu


NationalAdultLiteracy &
Learning DisabilitiesCenter (NALLD)

Academy for Educational Development
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC20009-1202
(202) 884-8185; (800) 953-2553; (202) 884-8429
(fax); (202) 884-8422

To fund, promote and accelerate biomedical research and
science-based approaches that seek to determine the causes, prevention, effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure for autism spectrum disorders.

 

 

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Child law support and Youth organization centers

Advocates for Justice and Education
2041 Martin Luther King Ave, SE, Suite 205
Washington, DC 20020
202-678-8060
202-678-8062 FAX
1-888-327-8060
E-mail: kim.jones@aje-dc.org
Web: www.AJE-DC.org
District of Columbia

Advocates for Justice and Education (CPRC)
2041 Martin Luther King Ave, SE, Suite 205
Washington, DC 20020
202-265-1432
202-678-8062 FAX
1-888-327-8060
E-mail: andrew.rajca@aje-dc.org
Web: www.AJE-DC.org
District of Columbia

Family Advocacy Clinic
Georgetown University Law Center
111 F Street, N.W., Room 312
Washington, D.C. 20001-2095
We provide legal representation to low-income parents/
caregivers in the area of special education, public benefits and consent custody/adoption.

Mediation System
Carol Helton, Mediation Coordinator
DC Public Schools
825 N. Capitol Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-5467
Email: carol.helton@k12.dc.us
Web: www.k12.dc.us

 

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Personal development and alternative education

 

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Mentoring

BBBS of the National Capital Area
1750 K Street, NW, Suite 225
Washington, DC, DC 20006
(202)328-7181 
E-mail: PBLISS@bbbsnca.org
Web: www.bbbsnca.org

 

 

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Professionals and Carers

 

 

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Adult education

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University of the District of Columbia,
State Education Agency, Adult Education

4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-274-7181
Fax: 202-274-7188
info@dcadultliteracy.org
www.dcadultliteracy.org

Washington DC Education Center
www.educationcenter.dc.gov/ec/site/default.asp

US Department of State
Adult Education Opportunities
www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/rsrcs/pubs/2035.htm

The Internet Public Library- IPL
www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/edu55.00.00/

 

 

 

 

 

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