Washington D.C. State Charity

DC Safe

DC SAFE began as a project of the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence in 1997 with just a few Advocates providing court-based services. In 2006, they incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization and immediately began developing our robust crisis intervention services, which are now the foundation of their work with survivors.

Their name, DC SAFE, stands for Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment, which demonstrates their commitment to survivor-defined advocacy, in which they recognize that survivors are the experts in their lives and should be empowered to make their own decisions.