• DC

  • University of the District of Columbia

  • Off Campus Advocacy & Support

Network for Victim Recovery (NVRDC)

  • Any victim of sexual assault who seeks a SANE exam is met at the hospital by a trained professional advocate who is employed by NVRDC. The advocate provides support through the initial crisis phase and the recovery process, including assistance with crime victims’ compensation, housing, entry into counseling, follow-up medical care, and legal services. NVRDC is proud to partner with MedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC’s Office of Victim Services, and the DC Forensic Nurse Examiner program who co-manage the DC SANE program. Ongoing case management is available in order to provide victims with a point of contact during their recovery process. The goal of the case management unit is to provide ongoing assessment of victim needs, stabilizing support and advocacy to victims, and to ensure that victim’s needs are being addressed and met either through NVRDC’s services or those of a trusted referral partner. Services provided may include, but are not limited to:

    • Safety Planning
    • Victim Notification
    • Crime Victims Compensation assistance
    • Criminal justice support and court accompaniment
    • Interpretation services
    • Civil legal services
    • Victim's rights representation
    • Resource information and referrals

  • Main

    202-742-1720

  • Website

    www.nvrdc.org

Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment (SAFE)

  • Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment (SAFE) ensures the safety and self-determination for survivors of domestic violence in the Washington, DC, area through emergency services, court advocacy, and system reform. SAFE can help you talk through your options if you are a victim of intimate partner, dating, or domestic violence.

  • Main

    202-879-7851

  • Website

    http://dcsafe.org/

Get an Advocate

  • You have the right to an advocate. The advocate provides support through the initial crisis phase and the recovery process, including assistance with crime victims’ compensation, housing, entry into counseling, follow-up medical care, and legal services.

DC Victim Hotline

  • The DC Victim Hotline is available for all crime victims in the District of Columbia 24/7 through phone, online chat and text. The Victim Assistance Specialists provide information, support and referrals to local organizations and resources in the community such as: 

    • Accessing the crime victim compensation fund 
    • Medical and forensic exams
    • Housing 
    • Legal assistance
    • Mental health counseling and support groups
    • Other individual support as needed

  • Hotline

    844-443-5732

  • TTY

    711

  • Website

    http://dcvictim.org/

DC Rape Crisis Center

  • The DC Rape Crisis Center offers free counseling for survivors and significant others (family, friends, and partners). The DC Rape Crisis Center’s model for counseling is based on the empowerment model, which stresses the inherent wisdom and knowledge of people to heal and direct their own lives. DCRCC’s therapists are helpers, not directors, in the lives of their clients. Sessions are guided by what the survivor wants to do in his or her life. 

  • Counseling

    202-232-0789

  • Address

    5321 First Place NE Washington, DC 20011

  • Website

    http://dcrcc.org

Wendt Center for Loss and Healing

  • The Wendt Center offers professional, experienced counselors who work with children, teens, and adults individually, as families, and in support groups. Services are provided by licensed clinicians, program staff, and carefully trained volunteers with expertise in the areas of traumatic loss, crime victimization, and violence. We provide comfort, information and practical assistance to people of all ages mourning the death of a loved one whose life was taken by homicide or to those who are survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual violence, or other crimes. Their caring and compassionate staff understands the road towards healing and offers expert guidance and support. They offer counseling in their main office in Northwest Washington, DC, or in their satellite offices in SE and NE Washington.

  • Counseling

    202-624-0010

  • Address

    4201 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20008 Southeast Satellite Office: 2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, Suite 239 Washington, DC 20020

  • Website

    www.wendtcenter.org

Latin American Youth Center

  • The Latin American Youth Center’s (LAYC) Healthy Relationships Program provides an array of culturally and linguistically relevant (English – Spanish) survivor advocacy services, specifically targeting young Latinas. Advocates offer crisis intervention and safety planning, advocacy, individual counseling, access to educational or support groups, and supported referrals to local service providers as well as the other programming at LAYC. Support services are available to all youth survivors of sexual violence, dating/domestic violence, or unhealthy relationships ages 13-24.

  • Main

    202-319-2225

  • Healthy Relationships Program Coordinator

    202-319-2258

  • Address

    1419 Columbia Road NW Washington, DC 20009

  • Website

    www.layc-dc.org

Ayuda

  • Provides these services to immigrant victims of sexual assault:

    Legal Services: Ayuda staff offer immigrant victims of domestic violence and sexual assault a full range of legal services including assistance in both family law and immigration matters. Ayuda attorneys assist clients with a wide variety of immigration issues as well as with Temporary and Civil Protection Orders, legal separation, divorce, child custody and visitation, and child support.

    Additionally, Ayuda handles the modification, extension, and enforcement of all of the above orders and civil contempt for the violation of the above orders. Ayuda also handles criminal contempt for the criminal violation of Civil Protection Orders.

    Social Services: Ayuda provides crisis intervention and comprehensive case management services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Ayuda social workers assist clients in securing emergency and transitional shelter, food, clothing, medical, and mental health care for themselves and their children by accessing the appropriate community resources.

    While many of Ayuda’s domestic violence and sexual assault clients also receive legal assistance from Ayuda, you are not required to do so in order to receive social services.

  • Main

    202-387-4848

  • Address

    6925 B Willow Street NW Washington, DC 20012

  • Website

    http://ayuda.com

Asian/Pacific-Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project

  • DVRP provides free and confidential services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in over 20 Asian/Pacific Islander languages. DVRP aims to improve the safety of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, regardless of income level, immigration status or English fluency.

  • Confidential Help Line

    202-464-4477

  • Main

    202-464-4477

  • Website

    http://dvrp.org

MPD Sexual Assault Unit

  • The Sexual Assault Unit can arrange for transport to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, can assist with an application to the Crime Victim Compensation Program, and can take evidence without pressing charges (victim/survivor has 90 days to press charges). Sex Assault Unit investigates sexual assaults involving victims ages 18 and older. Sexual assaults involving juvenile victims are investigated by the Youth Investigations Branch.

  • Main

    202-727-3700

  • Address

    300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 3042 Washington, DC 20001

  • Website

    http://mpdc.dc.gov/page/sex-assault-unit

MPD Victims Specialist Unit

  • The policy of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is to treat all victims in a respectful, responsive, and compassionate manner. To that end, the department's Victim Specialists Unit provides support, information, and referrals to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The Victim Specialists in the unit act as a support system and conduit for victims/survivors; with hope of empowering victims. Moreover, the Victim Specialists Unit aims to enhance the quality of life for the citizens of the District of Columbia by establishing relationships with the community and being a resource for victims and their families.

  • Main

    202-724-4339

  • Address

    300 Indiana Ave, NW, Room 3121 Washington, DC 20001

  • Website

    http://mpdc.dc.gov/page/victim-specialists-unit-vsu