In addition seasonal clothing for adults and children our clothing room maintains a professional clothing section for clients who interviews or are beginning new jobs. In the 2000 fiscal year we distributed over 142,000 items of clothing to 3,500 people. Our legal clinic has several full staff time attorneys who represent clients to help them obtain public benefits, ameliorate landlord-tenant problems, and legally resolve family issues involving child support, child custody, and domestic violence. The legal clinic utilizes over 100 volunteer attorneys, paralegals, and law students. On the second Saturday of every month the DC Bar hosts an advice and referral clinic open to the public.
People can come in and get advice about any legal problems they are having.
Every Wednesday night, from 6pm to 8pm, the D.C. Employment Justice Center hosts a clinic for residents seeking legal advice dealing with employment. In the 2000 fiscal year the legal clinic provided assistance to over 230 low-income clients. Our medical clinic has one full time physician, but our clinics are staffed by over 200 volunteer physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, students, and lay people. We serve the uninsured and those who are not eligible for public benefits. Adult general medicine clinics are held Monday mornings and afternoons, Tuesday evenings, Wednesday mornings, Thursday mornings, afternoons, and evenings, and Friday afternoons.