Help is available now, 24/7
Choose the support that is right for you
- For crisis mental health or substance abuse services, call 988.
- For connections to care, visit DBH Substance Use Disorder Services.
- For harm reduction services (harm reduction vending machine, syringe exchange drop box, pharmacy drug disposal), locate a site here.
- For free Naloxone (Narcan) available without a prescription, visit one of these locations.
- For clean-up of drug paraphernalia or syringe services, call Access Helpline at 1-888-793-4357.
- Visit dbhtraininginstitute.networkofcare4elearning.org to access a free, online naloxone training module.
- Email naloxone@dc.gov with training requests for groups of five or more to be lead by a certified naloxone trainer.
Prevention Centers
The Prevention Centers are dynamic hubs designed to strengthen the community’s capacity to prevent and curtail the use of drugs at the local level. Each center focuses on building collaborations and partnership within the wards and promoting healthy drug-free living.
- Wards 1 & 2 Prevention Center
Address: 1419 Columbia Road NW, Washington, DC, 20009
Phone Number: (202) 319-1238
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM-6:00 PM
- Wards 3 & 4 Prevention Center
5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015
Phone Number: (202) 686-4856
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wards 5 & 6 Prevention Center
1022 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002
Phone Number: (202) 543-5796
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wards 7 & 8 Prevention Center
3939 Benning Road NE, Washington, DC 20019
Phone Number: (202) 388-3001
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Peer-Operated Centers
The Peer-Operated Centers are organizations with men and women who are themselves in recovery from drugs, alcohol, and other addictions, and can help individuals navigate treatment and recovery services in the District.
- DC Recovery Community Alliance (DCRCA)
https://dcrecovery.org/
5656-A 3rd St., NE, Washington, DC 20011
Phone Number: (202) 704-1573
- Dreamers and Achievers
http://dreamersandachievers.org/
3625 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, #3, Washington, DC 20032
Phone Number: (202) 763-7904
- Total Family Care Coalition (TFCC)
https://tfccpeercenter.org/
1214 I St., SE, Ste 11, Washington, DC 20003
Phone Number: (202) 249-1000
- Volunteers Of America
http://www.voachesapeake.org/
Peer Services DC Hope Center
Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas
508 Kennedy Street NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20011
Phone Number: (301) 503-1315