Resources By State - D.C.

Mary’s Center is a community health center serving nearly 60,000 people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds in the Washington, DC metro area for over 30 years.

The mission of Bread for the City is to help Washington, DC residents living with low income to develop their power to determine the future of their own communities. We provide food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services to reduce the burden of poverty.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

The Volunteer Medical Clinic provides primary health care to people in our community who do not have access to medical care through public benefits or private insurance. Patients are not charged for visits to see a health care professional.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

Mary’s Center is a community health center serving nearly 60,000 people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds in the Washington, DC metro area for over 30 years.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Our mission is to support families from pregnancy through the transitions of early parenthood with relationship-based care, evidence-based instruction and resources, and integrative health services for lactation and postpartum. We’re here to help you navigate pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum with greater ease and joy, and provide you the tools to make informed and empowered decisions that feel best for you and your family.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

Mary’s Center is a community health center serving nearly 60,000 people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds in the Washington, DC metro area for over 30 years.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Barker, a nonprofit adoption agency licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., is built on the fundamental belief that all children deserve safe, loving, and permanent families.

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

We are a Christian adoption agency that supports children, families, and birth parents. Bethany demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting children, empowering youth, and strengthening families through quality social services. 

Project Rachel is a post-abortion healing ministry sponsored by the Archdiocese of Washington that offers compassionate help to men and women who have experienced emotional and/or spiritual pain after abortion. Our trained staff refers callers to priests specially trained in post-abortion concerns and/or to licensed Catholic/Christian mental health professionals. We help our participants reconcile with God, child, family and themselves. Open to all, faith or no faith.

Parents in the District of Columbia report experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety as they seek to manage the demands of parenting responsibilities, work, distance learning, and the impact on their families. The D.C. Parent Support Programs provides community and online classes that teach parenting skills, stress management, and they provide individual consultations.

Mary’s Center is a community health center serving nearly 60,000 people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds in the Washington, DC metro area for over 30 years.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

The mission of Bread for the City is to help Washington, DC residents living with low income to develop their power to determine the future of their own communities. We provide food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services to reduce the burden of poverty.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Local Groups are led by experienced leaders who have been accredited by La Leche League International Leaders. They provide free education, information, and support to families who want to breastfeed their babies.

For over 40 years, MSP has been an innovator in changing lives by providing DC’s first hotline and first domestic violence shelter, and most recently, first Batterer Intervention group. As DC’s oldest domestic violence shelter, we have served as a cornerstone of the District’s response to this pressing public health issue since 1979, and our impact on DC’s community remains as strong as ever.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

For over 40 years, MSP has been an innovator in changing lives by providing DC’s first hotline and first domestic violence shelter, and most recently, first Batterer Intervention group. As DC’s oldest domestic violence shelter, we have served as a cornerstone of the District’s response to this pressing public health issue since 1979, and our impact on DC’s community remains as strong as ever.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Our mission is to support families from pregnancy through the transitions of early parenthood with relationship-based care, evidence-based instruction and resources, and integrative health services for lactation and postpartum. We’re here to help you navigate pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum with greater ease and joy, and provide you the tools to make informed and empowered decisions that feel best for you and your family.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

The mission of Bread for the City is to help Washington, DC residents living with low income to develop their power to determine the future of their own communities. We provide food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services to reduce the burden of poverty.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

DASH provides services for emergency and transitional housing; assistance finding affordable housing, housing allowance, support services, financial empowerment, and follow up assistance.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Fortitude Housing is a program that offers a different approach to fighting homelessness. Each resident in the program is given their own apartment, fully furnished and one-on-one case management services that help connect residents with employment support, social security benefits, education and other support services that help rebuild lives.

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

For over 40 years, MSP has been an innovator in changing lives by providing DC’s first hotline and first domestic violence shelter, and most recently, first Batterer Intervention group. As DC’s oldest domestic violence shelter, we have served as a cornerstone of the District’s response to this pressing public health issue since 1979, and our impact on DC’s community remains as strong as ever.

DASH provides services for emergency and transitional housing; assistance finding affordable housing, housing allowance, support services, financial empowerment, and follow up assistance.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Fortitude Housing is a program that offers a different approach to fighting homelessness. Each resident in the program is given their own apartment, fully furnished and one-on-one case management services that help connect residents with employment support, social security benefits, education and other support services that help rebuild lives.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

Our mission is to support families from pregnancy through the transitions of early parenthood with relationship-based care, evidence-based instruction and resources, and integrative health services for lactation and postpartum. We’re here to help you navigate pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum with greater ease and joy, and provide you the tools to make informed and empowered decisions that feel best for you and your family.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Parents in the District of Columbia report experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety as they seek to manage the demands of parenting responsibilities, work, distance learning, and the impact on their families. The D.C. Parent Support Programs provides community and online classes that teach parenting skills, stress management, and they provide individual consultations.

We want all parents to feel confident, supported and powerful as they ask questions, make decisions, and navigate their path through pregnancy, birth and parenthood.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

The mission of Bread for the City is to help Washington, DC residents living with low income to develop their power to determine the future of their own communities. We provide food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services to reduce the burden of poverty.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Thrive DC works to prevent and end homelessness in Washington, DC by providing vulnerable people with a wide range of services to help stabilize their lives. Founded in 1979 to serve dinner to homeless women, Thrive DC has grown to be a comprehensive, professionally staffed, bilingual organization serving more than 2,000 men, women, and children each year. We are a safety net for people experiencing homelessness, unemployment, housing instability, and food insecurity. With our help, our clients take the first steps toward independence and self-sufficiency.

Local Groups are led by experienced leaders who have been accredited by La Leche League International Leaders. They provide free education, information, and support to families who want to breastfeed their babies.

Our mission is to support families from pregnancy through the transitions of early parenthood with relationship-based care, evidence-based instruction and resources, and integrative health services for lactation and postpartum. We’re here to help you navigate pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum with greater ease and joy, and provide you the tools to make informed and empowered decisions that feel best for you and your family.

For over 40 years, MSP has been an innovator in changing lives by providing DC’s first hotline and first domestic violence shelter, and most recently, first Batterer Intervention group. As DC’s oldest domestic violence shelter, we have served as a cornerstone of the District’s response to this pressing public health issue since 1979, and our impact on DC’s community remains as strong as ever.

DASH provides services for emergency and transitional housing; assistance finding affordable housing, housing allowance, support services, financial empowerment, and follow up assistance.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Parents in the District of Columbia report experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety as they seek to manage the demands of parenting responsibilities, work, distance learning, and the impact on their families. The D.C. Parent Support Programs provides community and online classes that teach parenting skills, stress management, and they provide individual consultations.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

Parents in the District of Columbia report experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety as they seek to manage the demands of parenting responsibilities, work, distance learning, and the impact on their families. The D.C. Parent Support Programs provides community and online classes that teach parenting skills, stress management, and they provide individual consultations.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Local Groups are led by experienced leaders who have been accredited by La Leche League International Leaders. They provide free education, information, and support to families who want to breastfeed their babies.

Our mission is to support families from pregnancy through the transitions of early parenthood with relationship-based care, evidence-based instruction and resources, and integrative health services for lactation and postpartum. We’re here to help you navigate pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum with greater ease and joy, and provide you the tools to make informed and empowered decisions that feel best for you and your family.

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

Parents in the District of Columbia report experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety as they seek to manage the demands of parenting responsibilities, work, distance learning, and the impact on their families. The D.C. Parent Support Programs provides community and online classes that teach parenting skills, stress management, and they provide individual consultations.

Goodwill of Greater Washington provides programs and services for adult job seekers that remove barriers to success and bolster critical career readiness skills. All trainings include digital & computer education, dressing for success, financial literacy, interviewing preparation, job search strategies, resume writing, and placement assistance.

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

Thrive DC works to prevent and end homelessness in Washington, DC by providing vulnerable people with a wide range of services to help stabilize their lives. Founded in 1979 to serve dinner to homeless women, Thrive DC has grown to be a comprehensive, professionally staffed, bilingual organization serving more than 2,000 men, women, and children each year. We are a safety net for people experiencing homelessness, unemployment, housing instability, and food insecurity. With our help, our clients take the first steps toward independence and self-sufficiency.

Local Groups are led by experienced leaders who have been accredited by La Leche League International Leaders. They provide free education, information, and support to families who want to breastfeed their babies.

Our mission is to support families from pregnancy through the transitions of early parenthood with relationship-based care, evidence-based instruction and resources, and integrative health services for lactation and postpartum. We’re here to help you navigate pregnancy, lactation, and postpartum with greater ease and joy, and provide you the tools to make informed and empowered decisions that feel best for you and your family.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Fortitude Housing is a program that offers a different approach to fighting homelessness. Each resident in the program is given their own apartment, fully furnished and one-on-one case management services that help connect residents with employment support, social security benefits, education and other support services that help rebuild lives.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

The DC Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) team is excited to share information with you about how you can use DCTAG to decrease the cost of college if you are an eligible DC student.

There are many scholarship and grant opportunities for students who can’t afford college on their own in the DC area.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

The DC Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG) team is excited to share information with you about how you can use DCTAG to decrease the cost of college if you are an eligible DC student.

There are many scholarship and grant opportunities for students who can’t afford college on their own in the DC area.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Goodwill of Greater Washington provides programs and services for adult job seekers that remove barriers to success and bolster critical career readiness skills. All trainings include digital & computer education, dressing for success, financial literacy, interviewing preparation, job search strategies, resume writing, and placement assistance.

Thrive DC works to prevent and end homelessness in Washington, DC by providing vulnerable people with a wide range of services to help stabilize their lives. Founded in 1979 to serve dinner to homeless women, Thrive DC has grown to be a comprehensive, professionally staffed, bilingual organization serving more than 2,000 men, women, and children each year. We are a safety net for people experiencing homelessness, unemployment, housing instability, and food insecurity. With our help, our clients take the first steps toward independence and self-sufficiency.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

Barker, a nonprofit adoption agency licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., is built on the fundamental belief that all children deserve safe, loving, and permanent families.

The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life. We seek to accomplish this goal by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.

Services: pregnancy testing, options counseling, health education, material assistance, local referrals, and a transitional maternity home.

We are a Christian adoption agency that supports children, families, and birth parents. Bethany demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting children, empowering youth, and strengthening families through quality social services. 

Barker, a nonprofit adoption agency licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., is built on the fundamental belief that all children deserve safe, loving, and permanent families.

We are a Christian adoption agency that supports children, families, and birth parents. Bethany demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting children, empowering youth, and strengthening families through quality social services. 

We are a Christian adoption agency that supports children, families, and birth parents. Bethany demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting children, empowering youth, and strengthening families through quality social services. 

DASH provides services for emergency and transitional housing; assistance finding affordable housing, housing allowance, support services, financial empowerment, and follow up assistance.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).

Infant’s Age
Citation: Ann. Code § 4-1451.01
A newborn may be surrendered. The term ‘newborn’ means an infant whose parent refuses or is unable to assume the responsibility
for the infant’s care, control, and subsistence; who is surrendered by that parent; and who a licensed physician or other person
authorized to accept the surrender reasonably believes is 14 days old or younger.

Who May Relinquish the Infant
Citation: Ann. Code §§ 4-1451.01; 4-1451.02
Except when there is actual or suspected child abuse or neglect, a custodial parent who is a resident of the District of Columbia may
surrender a newborn in accordance with this chapter.
The term ‘surrender’ means to bring a newborn to an authorized receiving facility during its hours of operation and to leave the
newborn with personnel of the facility.

Who May Receive the Infant
Citation: Ann. Code § 4-1451.01
An authorized receiving facility, including a hospital or other place authorized by the mayor, may accept a newborn for surrender
pursuant to this chapter.

Responsibilities of the Safe Haven Provider
Citation: Ann. Code §§ 4-1451.02; 4-1451.04
The authorized receiving facility personnel receiving the surrendered newborn shall make a reasonable effort to obtain family and
medical history from the surrendering parent, including personal information about both of the parents’ identities, and shall provide
to the surrendering parent information on adoption and counseling services.
Facility personnel receiving the surrender of a newborn shall file a written statement with the Child and Family Services Agency
(CFSA) on or before the time CFSA assumes physical custody of the newborn, which shall include the following information:
• Date and time of the surrender
• Circumstances of the surrender
• Personal information obtained, if any
After the surrender of a newborn, an authorized receiving facility that is not a hospital shall transport the newborn to the nearest
hospital as soon as transportation can be arranged.
The act of surrender shall constitute implied consent for the hospital to which the newborn is surrendered or transported and the
hospital’s medical personnel to treat and provide care for the newborn and arrange for further placement with CFSA and, through
CFSA, with a preadoptive home, whenever possible.
Hospital personnel shall immediately contact CFSA to report the surrender of the newborn and arrange for transport of the newborn
to CFSA. CFSA shall assume physical custody of the newborn within 23 hours of the surrender.

Immunity for the Provider
Citation: Ann. Code § 4-1451.06
An authorized receiving facility and the personnel of the facility shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for the good-faith
performance of the reporting and placement responsibilities under this chapter, including liability for the failure to file a report
that might otherwise be incurred or imposed on a person required to report suspected incidents of child abuse or neglect under §
4-1321.02. In any civil or criminal proceeding brought under this chapter concerning the surrender of a newborn, good faith shall be presumed
unless rebutted.

Protection for Relinquishing Parent
Citation: Ann. Code § 4-1451.02
The relinquishing parent shall have the right to remain anonymous and to leave the place of surrender at any time. The parent shall
not be pursued by any person at the time of surrender or prosecuted for the surrender of the newborn.
The surrender of a newborn in accordance with this chapter, and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter, shall not, by itself,
constitute a basis for a finding of abuse, neglect, or abandonment.

Effect on Parental Rights
Citation: Ann. Code § 4-1451.05
A relinquishment of parental rights shall take place upon surrender. Upon CFSA’s receipt of the statement required by § 4-1451.02(d)
and assuming physical custody, CFSA shall assume immediate care, custody, and control of the surrendered newborn.

A relinquishment of parental rights under this chapter may be revoked and parental rights restored in accordance with § 4-1406(c)-(d)
provided that:
• The parent agrees to genetic testing to establish maternity or paternity.
• The genetic test establishes that the surrendering parent is the biological parent of the newborn.
• A risk assessment is conducted to determine if further investigation is necessary or that the family needs to be referred for
support services and is so referred.
No later than 90 days after surrender, CFSA shall attempt to identify, locate, and notify the nonsurrendering parent by performing
a missing-child search and publishing notice of the surrender of the newborn. The notice shall include the statement that the
nonsurrendering parent’s failure to notify CFSA, or other contact as set forth in the notice, of the intent to exercise his or her
parental rights and responsibilities within 20 days of publication of the notice shall be deemed to be the nonsurrendering parent’s
irrevocable consent to the termination of all parental rights and his or her irrevocable waiver of any right to notice of, or opportunity
to participate in, any termination of parental rights proceeding involving the surrendered newborn.
The court may grant a petition for adoption without consent following relinquishment of parental rights and the termination of
parental rights pursuant to this section and § 16-304(g)

Central Union Mission is a homeless shelter providing long-term transformation through a large number of resources they provide, including job training and placement, parenting classes, digital literacy, social work and benefits acquisition, housing, child day care guidance, addiction recovery, transportation, legal assistance, micro-loans, and basic food and clothing.

The mission of Bread for the City is to help Washington, DC residents living with low income to develop their power to determine the future of their own communities. We provide food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services to reduce the burden of poverty.

Thrive DC works to prevent and end homelessness in Washington, DC by providing vulnerable people with a wide range of services to help stabilize their lives. Founded in 1979 to serve dinner to homeless women, Thrive DC has grown to be a comprehensive, professionally staffed, bilingual organization serving more than 2,000 men, women, and children each year. We are a safety net for people experiencing homelessness, unemployment, housing instability, and food insecurity. With our help, our clients take the first steps toward independence and self-sufficiency.

For over 40 years, MSP has been an innovator in changing lives by providing DC’s first hotline and first domestic violence shelter, and most recently, first Batterer Intervention group. As DC’s oldest domestic violence shelter, we have served as a cornerstone of the District’s response to this pressing public health issue since 1979, and our impact on DC’s community remains as strong as ever.

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives, and help transform lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. I.e food pantry, career building opportunities etc.

Fortitude Housing is a program that offers a different approach to fighting homelessness. Each resident in the program is given their own apartment, fully furnished and one-on-one case management services that help connect residents with employment support, social security benefits, education and other support services that help rebuild lives.

Catholic Charities provides case management services for families experiencing homelessness through the Family Re-housing Stabilization Program (FRSP).