Social services in Washington, DC

Lutheran Services in America is an alliance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and their related social ministry organizations. The organization strengthens and adds value to the ministries of its member organizations; facilitates ministries best done together rather than as individual organizations; and enhances the witness of Lutheran social ministry. Lutheran Services in America s national office is located at the Lutheran Center Baltimore. The organization s more than 300 health and human service organizations provide care in thousands of communities in the United States and the Caribbean. It provides services that range from health care to disaster response, from services for children and families to care for the elderly, as well as adoption assistance and advocacy.

The DC Department of Human Resources, also known as DCHR, offers a range of services and programs. The department is a par of the District of Columbia in Washington, which provides a variety of municipal and administrative services. The DC Department of Human Resources works to attract, develop and retain work force. The department maintains a policy and planning administration division that analyzes, formulates, develops and distributes legal, regulatory and procedural documents. It also manages workforce development administration that offers planning and organizational development programs and activities to government employees. The DC Department of Human Resources additionally operates audit and compliance administration division.