Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC)
About: FAPAC provides support to foster families who are trying to navigate the system to obtain services and resource for their foster children. They also support foster families by building relationships between foster families, CFSA staff, and birth parents so that foster youth are better served.
Address: 6200 Second Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011
Bus: 62
Metro: Takoma Metro Station (RED)
Contact: Margie Chalofsky, Executive Director (margiechalofsky@yahoo.com)
Phone: 202-269-9441
Citizen Review Panel for Child & Family Services Agency
About: The Citizen Review Panel (CRP) is a federally mandated group of citizens who serve as an external, independent oversight body for the District's child welfare system. The CRP evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of District government agencies involved in child protection as well as neighborhood-based services provided by organizations under contract with the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA).
Address: 714 G Street, SE Washington, DC 20003
Bus: 90, 92, DCN22
Metro: Eastern Market Metro Station (Orange/Blue/Silver)
Contact: Damon King, Esq (damon.king@gmail.com & ccpfs@centerchildprotection.org)
Phone:
Best Kids, Inc.
About: A nonprofit mentoring organization that empowers youth in foster care to build better futures, one child at a time.
Address: 515 M Street SE #215, Washington, DC 20003
Bus: P6, V1, V4, A42
Metro: Navy Yard Metro Station (Green)
Contact: Nicole Harrison, Program Director (nicole@bestkids.org)
Phone: 202-397-3272
The George Washington University (DC) – First Star Greater Washington Academy
About: Academic program that serves high school foster youth from Fairfax County, VA and Washington, DC. Youth participants spend their summer at the Mount Vernon campus of George Washington University where they take classes and experience life on a college campus. During the school year youth also participate in activities designed to improve reading and math skills. Youth participants are also eligible for a college scholarship if they meet certain requirements.
Address: 901 K Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC
Bus: 64, D4
Metro: Mt. Vernon/Convention Center (Yellow/Green)
Contact: Elissa Garr (elissa.garr@firststar.org) & Brian Ritchey (britchey@fsgwacademy.org)
Phone: (202) 293-3703
Washingtonians for Children
About: Assist foster youth with completing high school, enrolling and succeeding in college and preparing for careers. They help youth in foster care to develop their own personal brands and connect youth with life coaches.
Address: 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW, 9th Floor Washington, D.C. 20001
Bus: X1, 97
Metro: Union Station Metro (Red) & Judiciary Square (Red)
Contact: Roque Gerald (rrgerald@fedcap.org)
Phone: 202-657-4988
Whaler’s Creations
About: Mentoring, employment, youth development and recreational programming for foster youth
Address: No physical office
Bus: N/a
Metro: N/A
Contact: LaToria Hickmon-Kern, MFLA., Founder/Executive Director (info@whalers-creation.us)
Phone: (202) 607-6601
Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative
About: Provide aftercare case management for foster youth who age out at 21. Assists with finding employment, housing, food and clothing resources, etc. Services for homeless family (including) emergency assistance), truancy support, supervised visits, men and boys programs, summer camps, and youth leadership development.
Address: 2041 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, SE, Suite 304, Washington, DC 20020
Bus: 90, B2, A33, V2, P6
Metro: Anacostia Metro Station (Green)
Contact: Perry Moon, Executive Director (PMoon@fsfsc.org)
Phone: (202) 889-1425
East River Family Strengthening Collaborative
About: Provide aftercare case management for foster youth who age out at 21. Assists with finding employment, housing, food and clothing resources, etc. Services for homeless family (including) emergency assistance), truancy support, summer camps, and youth leadership development.
Address: 3917 Minnesota Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20019
Bus: A31, U5, U6, V2, V4
Metro: Minnesota Avenue Station (Orange)
Contact: Mae H. Best, LICSW (mbest@erfsc.org)
Phone: (202) 397-7300 (extension 109 for Mae Best)
Edgewood/Brookland Family Strengthening Collaborative
About: Provide aftercare case management for foster youth who age out at 21. Assists with finding employment, housing, food and clothing resources, etc. Services for homeless families, parenting (including fatherhood) workshops, community schools, and workforce development.
Address: 200 K Street, NW Suites 1 & 3 Washington, DC 20001
Bus: D4, P6
Metro: Chinatown/Gallery Place (Red, Green, Yellow) & Union Station (Red)
Contact: Louvenia Williams MSW, LICSW, Executive Director (lwilliams@ebfsc.org)
Phone: (202) 832-9400
Georgia Avenue Family Strengthening Collaborative
About: Provide aftercare case management for foster youth who age out at 21. Assists with finding employment, housing, food and clothing resources, etc. Services for homeless families, community engagement, community schools, and workforce development.
Address: 1104 Allison St. NW Washington, DC 20011
Bus: 70
Metro: Georgia Avenue-Petworth (Green/Yellow)
Contact: Karen Feinstein, LICSW , Executive Director (kfeinstein@gafsc-dc.org)
Phone: (202) 722-1815
Collaborative Solutions for Communities (formerly Columbia Heights Collaborative)
About: Provide aftercare case management for foster youth who age out at 21. Assists with finding employment, housing, food and clothing resources, etc. Services for homeless families, violence prevention and workforce development.
Address: 1816 12th St. NW Suite 201 Washington, DC 20009
Bus: 64, 90, 92, 96, X3
Metro: U-Street/Cardozo/African-American War Memorial (Green/Yellow)
Contact: Josue Salmeron, Deputy Director
Phone: (202) 518-6737
Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of the District of Columbia (CASA)
About: Youth in foster care are assigned a CASA volunteer who provides mentoring, support and advocates for their best interests. CASA volunteers attend court hearings and spend quality time each month with youth in the foster care system. They also work with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) that are in foster care.
Address: 515 M Street, SE Building 74, Suite 201 Washington, DC 20003 (detailed directions are here- http://casadc.org/contact/)
Bus: P6, V1, V4, A42
Metro: Navy Yard Metro Station (Green)
Contact: Seetal Parikh (sparikh@casadc.org)
Phone: (202) 887-0007