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WASHINGTON D.C. AID RESOURCES
(Updated for 2025)
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Cash Assistance (Ward 4 Mutual Aid)
Clothing Room (Bread for the City)
(Monday-Thursday, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM)
Financial Empowerment Center (United Way)
(Monday/Friday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tuesday/Thursday 12:00 PM-7:00 PM and Saturdays by appointment only, 3939 Benning Road NE, D.C.)
Financial Stability Network (Catholic Charities Archdiocese)
(202) 772-4300, ext. 153)
(D.C.-based civic engagement organization for African-American liberation and youth)
The DC Mutual Aid Network (DCMA) is a decentralized, grassroots coalition
of autonomous mutual aid groups —each serving one of DC's wards
(1 through 6 individually, and Wards 7 & 8 combined).
These groups operate independently but share resources, best practices,
and referrals to support neighbors across the city.
202-630-0336
202-688-5812
(monthly supplies for Brightwood families and individuals)
202-681-3098 | Calendar
(Tentatively active)
Ward 6 Mutual Aid (Serve Your City)
(free Southwest D.C. goods every other Saturday, each Sunday 202-683-9962)
Wards 7 and 8: East of the River Mutual Aid
(Columbia Heights mutual aid)
Lorton Community Action Center
(Non-profit offering food, shelter and other essential services)
Anacostia Health Clinic (Unity Health Care)
(Southeast D.C. medical care for no fee)
(confidential assistance/funding for D.C., Maryland and Virginia 202-452-7464)
(free herbal, medicinal care from Herbalists Without Border)
D.C. Urgent Patient Care Clinic (Bread for the City)
(8:30 AM-12:00 PM, 1525 7th St NW)
D.C. Medical Clinic (So Others Might Eat)
(Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM walk-in), 60 O St NW)
Free Hospital Transport and Therapeutic Services (NVRDC)
(comprehensive care after sexual assault)
Free Prescription Discount Cards (United Way)
Free Sexual Health Test (GetChecked D.C.)
Medical Assistance (Catholic Charities Archdiocese)
(free and low-cost medication through different programs)
Medical Clinic (Friendship Place)
(Monday/Thursday, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, 4713 Wisconsin Ave NW)
Network for Victim Recovery of D.C.
Catholic Charities Archdiocese
D.C. Legal Clinic (Network for Victim Recovery of D.C.)
(first and third Tuesday, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM/second and fourth Thursday, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM)
(crucially filling in gaps across D.C.)
(mutual aid services that uplift the unhoused community most)
(debt assistance 202-434-212)
(free navigation through legal rights as a crime victim)
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
(D.C. anti-homelessness campaign)
Workers' Right Clinic (Bread for the City)
202-386-7616
(Sustaining frontline protesters)
(D.C. Black-led abolition hub and aid collective)
(D.C. antifascist organization with multiple avenues for free assistance)
(local chapter of a national movement for progress)