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Health

Clinics and Health Centers
If you are looking for clinics and health centers where you can get STI and pregnancy testing, contraception, and other health and dental services, please click here. 

Counseling and Therapy
If you or someone you know is in a crisis or needs someone to talk to, please click here for hotlines and locations youth can go to.

Pregnancy Resources
If you are looking for information about abortion clinics, adoption assistance, and other family support resources in the District of Columbia, please here. 

 

Education

Struggling with School Work

If you are struggling with school work, please click above for resources to help with tutoring, afterschool programs, mentoring and support for students in DC public and public charter schools. 

After-School Activities

If you are looking for after-school activities that involve sports, academics, mentoring, dance, and/or hip-hip, please click above for more information. 

Health Education

If you are looking for other organization that engage youth around health education and being a health educator, please click above.

Getting into College

If you are looking for organizartion that help with preparations for college, please click above.

Foster Care

Monthly Allowances or ILP Stipend 
If you would like more information on your $100 monthly allowance, including the reasons why it can be taken away, or on the monthly stipend for youth living in Independent Living Programs (ILP) click here.
  
Clothing Allowance
If you would like to know more about your monthly clothing allowance, please click here.

CFSA Education-High School Students
If you would like more information on the education resources and programs that CFSA has for high school students and students interested in enrolling in adult education programs (GED), please click here. 
 
CFSA Education- College
If you would like more information on the education resources and programs that CFSA has for college and adult education (GED/high school diploma), please click here.
 
CFSA Employment Services
If you would like to know more about the career exploration, job searching, job placement and work readiness resources and programming offered by CFSA please click here.   
 
Placement Issues-Foster Homes, ILPs & Group Homes
If you would like more information on group homes, ILPs and foster homes; and if you want to learn how to report issues or problems, please click here.  
 
CFSA Youth Ombudsman  
If you would like to contact the CFSA Youth Ombudsman to report and work toward solving an issue, please click here.
 
Legal Representation
If you would like to know more about legal resources for foster youth including the appointment of Guardian Ad Litems (GALs) and expressed attorneys, please click here.

After Care Services & Transition Planning
If you would like to know more about the transition planning process that CFSA to prepare youth for life after they exit care and about resources and services provided post-care, please click here.     
 
 

Employment

Vocational Training
If you are looking for vocational or employment certification programs in fields such as construction, electrical, HVAC, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, etc. please click here. 
 
Career Exploration & Job Searching
If you would like to explore careers using online tools and find online job searching resources for positions with the DC/federal government, private companies and nonprofit organizations please click here. 
 
Interview & Professional Attire
If you are looking for organizations and businesses where you can get free to low-cost interview and professional business attire for work please click here.

Department of Employment Services-Office of Youth Programs (DOES-OYP)
If you would like more information about the DOES-OYP or you would like to find the contact information of key staff, please click here. 

Local Work Readiness and Career Development Programs
If you would like more information about DC work readiness and career development programs, please click here. 
 

Civic Engagement

National Organizations
If you are looking for national organizations that provide resources on civic engagement, please click here. 

Local Organizations
If you are looking for local organizations that provide resources on civic engagement, please click here. 

Advisory Neighborhood Commisions
If you are looking for national organizations that provide resources on civic engagement, please click here.

DC Government Councils and Institutes
If you are looking for national organizations that provide resources on civic engagement, please click here.

 

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