My Sister’s Place: Casa Gabriella
202-723-4813
202-529-5991 (Hotline)
PO Box 29596
Washington, DC 20017
Population served
- Women with children
- Immigrant residents, regardless of status
Wheelchair accessible
NoServices
- Transitional housing for 2 years (families have private rooms, living spaces are shared)
- Case management
- Individual and group therapy
- Assistance with career and educational goals.
- The program provides some basic food items but families are responsible for their own meals.
Admissions process
Women should call for a phone interview at which time an in-person interview will be scheduled.
Though preference is given to families, single women should still call in case space is available. Women must be able to pay a $50 monthly program fee and a pro-rated rental subsidy based on income.
Eligibility requirements
Must be an immigrant DV survivor; must be employed full or part-time or in school; and must have stayed in a 30 day shelter prior to admission. Women must provide proof of employment, enrollment in school, proof that children are enrolled in school and/or daycare (including informal daycare such as with a friend or relative).