Providing legal services to people
facing homelessness in DC
since 1986

 
   

Volunteer Resource Links

Probono.net (www.probono.net/dc) -- Resources in various areas of law, including housing, asylum, civil rights, and community development. Site includes form pleadings, recent changes in law, policy documents, and agency guides. Password is required for entry into specific practice area pages; temporary password available from Legal Clinic staff. 

District of Columbia Code (dccode.westgroup.com/) – Free Westlaw site with access to complete, current DC Code. 

District of Columbia Housing Authority (www.dchousing.org) -- Provides information on DCHA programs, although the information is somewhat incomplete and doesn’t entirely mean what the link says it does (for instance, the “Your Rights/The Law” section only discusses the grievance and fair hearings process and doesn’t include information on the law at all).

Social Security Administration (www.ssa.gov) -- Excellent site providing information on all SSA programs; updated frequently. Most helpful resources on this site are links to the Code of Federal Regulations, Social Security Rulings, Program Operations Manual System, and HALLEX. 

Department of Housing and Urban Development (www.hud.gov) -- Reasonably helpful site providing information on HUD programs, including Section 8 and public housing, and the law and regulations governing those programs. Not as complete and user-friendly as the SSA website, but still accessible. 

HUD Office of Policy Development and Research (www.huduser.org) -- Very helpful site providing resources for housing/community development and policy makers. Contains reports and other publications created by the OPDR. 

Department of Health and Human Services (www.hhs.gov) -- Contains a section on the services that HHS provides for specific populations, including the homeless. 

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (cms.hhs.gov) – Separate page from the main HHS site specifically about the Medicare and Medicaid programs. 

Interfaith Conference (www.ifcmw.org) -- Contains link to Emergency Food and Shelter Directory. Site is not updated frequently; most recent edition available is 2001 edition.

 

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