Resources for Women, Families and Children Impacted by the Carceral State

Washington, D.C.

Incarceration Specific Resources:

• Community Family Life Services (CFLS) — Provides a web of interconnected services to help women returning home from a period of incarceration as well as empowering homeless and low-income families or individuals to change their lives over the long term.

• The WIRE (Women Involved in Reentry Efforts) — A network of formerly incarcerated women who have successfully reintegrated back into the community after release. The Women of the WIRE have joined together to provide peer support to other women returning from incarceration.

• DC Victim Hotline — Provides comprehensive information, resources and referrals in the District of Columbia. Call 844-4HELPDC (844-443-5732)

• District of Columbia Forensic Nurse Examiners — Provide Free Medical Forensic Exams For Survivors Of Sexual Assault, Intimate Partner Violence, And Family Violence.

• Mayors Office on Returning Citizens Affairs

• The Inner Voices, Crossroads Radio Programming with Roach Brown

• The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia

• Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Initiative

• Reunion DC

Mutual Aid Groups:

• Serve Your City

• BOLD Kid Yoga

• An Indivisible Art Collective

• Free Minds Book Club

• Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services

• The Trigger Project