Downtown Cluster of Congregations

The homeless services unit is a team of bilingual outreach workers providing emergency referrals and case management assistance to homeless individuals on the streets of the nation's capital. The purpose of the team's work is to meet critical, life-threatening emergency needs, while seeking to permanently break the cycle of need by addressing the underlying causes and restore people and families back to the lives of self-reliance and independent living. The team offers referrals for shelter, food, clothing, and medical care, and they provide assistance in the following areas: paying for emergency utilities or rent, completing applications for federal and local benefits, job training or placement, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, and finding housing.

Dcc's community services program includes many activities to improve the lives of residents while seeking to make the streets and neighborhoods of the greater Washington, dc area cleaner and safer for all of the city's residents and visitors. Dcc partners with civic and community groups to meet the needs of residents and neighborhoods across the city. Dcc makes active appeals and requests for public services to address the issues that impact the quality of life for all residents and visitors such as graffiti removal, planting trees, and public safety improvements to replace missing signs and repair sidewalks. Dcc also promotes activities including job training events and classes and home-ownership clinics, while also advocating for more "aging in place" efforts across the city.