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Community Resources
General Health Information
Caregiver Resources
As a caregiver, you do many things to help those with health care needs. All that work can put an emotional and physical strain on you. That is why it is important that you also take care of yourself. Learn what you can do to take care of yourself as you care for someone else.
- Caregiver Stress (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
- Taking Care of You: Self-Care for Family Caregivers (Family Caregiver Alliance)
- What Is Caregiver Burnout? (American Heart Association)
Community Resources
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
- Bread for the City
- Breathe DC
- Bright Beginnings
- CentroNia
- Community of Hope
- DC Child and Family Services Agency
- DC Department of Health
- DC Department of Health Care Finance
- DC Department of Parks and Recreation
- DC Developmental Disabilities Council
- DC Housing Authority
- DC Public Library
- Family Matters of Greater Washington
- Food and Friends
- Martha’s Table
- So Others Might Eat
- United Planning Organization
- YMCA of Metropolitan Washington
Support Groups
- Healthfinder Support Group Finder - Find a support group near you.