Our News

We have just added three new services to help women who have been incarcerated find employment and address legal issues! Check out the flyers below for more information. Just click the images to enlarge them.

Connections to Careers	Employment Clinic	Legal Clinic

For the second time, Our Place, DC has been recognized as one of the best small charities in the Greater Washington region the Catalogue for Philanthropy. Click the logo to view our catalogue page.

Our Place, DC’s Founder and Director, Susan Galbraith, moved the organization’s advocacy campaign to implement more thoughtful and effective release planning for people leaving the DC Jail one step further by bringing the issue to the public’s attention in the July 14, 2006 edition of the Washington City Paper. Read the article here.

In February 2005, we began surveying women who have been released from the DC Jail to learn more about the resources that were available to them upon their release. See the preliminary results of our survey of recently released women and learn more about our campaign for Justice NOT Jumpsuits.

We are proud to announce that in December 2005 we officially opened Camille's Place, our first emergency housing program. Please read our wish list to find out which items you might contribute to Camille's Place.