441 Fourth St. NW, Suite 250 North
Washington, D.C., 20001
202-727-2525
Web site: www.dcboee.org
Oversees elections and maintains voting statistics and information about elected officials. Call to identify your ward or Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
To register to vote in the District, you must be a U.S. citizen, reside in the District and be at least 18 years old by Election Day. Mail-in voter registration forms are available online or at D.C. libraries, police stations and fire stations.
Alice P. Miller, Executive director
202-727-2525
Fax: 202-347-2648
One Judiciary Square
441 4th St. NW
Suite 250 North
Washington, D.C.2001
Email: boee@dc.gov
Web site: www.dcboee.org
Child and Family Services Agency
400 6th St. SW
Fifth Floor
Washington, D.C., 20024
202-442-6000
Email: cfsa@dc.gov
Web site: cfsa.dc.gov
Investigates child abuse and neglect throughout the District and protects child victims and children at risk. To report child abuse and neglect 24 hours a day, call 202-671-7233. The agency provides services to strengthen families and foster care for children who cannot be safe at home. Information about foster care and adoption is available by calling 202-671-5683. Office hours: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, except District holidays.
Uma Ahluwalia, Interim director
202-442-6002
Fax: 202-727-6505
Email: cfsa@dc.gov
Web site: cfsa.dc.gov
D.C. Housing Authority
1133 North Capitol St. NE
Washington, D.C., 20002
202-535-1000
Email: InfoDCHA@dchousing.org
Web site: www.dchousing.org
Provides subsidized public housing and housing vouchers for those with low incomes. Homeownership opportunities for people of all income levels are available at redevelopment sites known as HOPE VI developments. For information, call the authority's Office of Planning and Development at 202-535-1445.
Michael P. Kelly, Executive director
202-535-15001133 North Capitol Street NE
Washington, D.C.20002
Web site: www.dchousing.org
D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board
2101 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE
Washington, DC, 20020
202-645-8000
Web site: www.dclottery.com
Regulates lotteries and charitable games in the District.
Jeanette A. Michael, Executive director
202-645-8010
Fax: 202-645-7914
2101 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE
Washington, D.C.20020
Email: lcgcb@dc.gov
Web site: www.lottery.dc.gov
D.C. Taxicab Commission
2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Suite 204
Washington, D.C., 20020
202-645-6018
Email: dctc@dc.gov
Web site: www.dctaxi.dc.gov
Licenses chauffeurs and taxicab drivers and regulates taxis, limousines, tour buses and private ambulances. The commission also can be called about items lost or found in taxicabs.
Causton Toney, Interim chairman
202-645-6005
Fax: 889-3604
2041 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE
Suite 204
Washington, D.C.20020
Email: dctc@dc.gov
Web site: dctaxi.dc.gov
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
941 North Capitol St. NE
Washington, D.C., 20002
202-442-4400
Email: dcra@dc.gov
Web site: dcra.dc.gov
Licenses professionals and businesses, inspects buildings, and enforces building codes and business laws.
Patrick J. Canavan, Director
202-442-8947Department of Corrections
1923 Vermont Ave. NW
Suite 207
Washington, D.C., 20001
202-673-7316
Email: doc@dc.gov
Web site: doc.dc.gov
Operates the D.C. jail and oversees the management of a correctional treatment facility and halfway houses.
Devon Brown, Director
202-673-7316Department of Employment Services
609 H St. NE
Washington, D.C., 20002
202-724-7000
Email: does@dc.gov
Web site: does.dc.gov
Assists with job training and placement, provides workers' compensation in the private sector and unemployment benefits, works to improve job safety. Operates two full-service career centers and five limited-service satellite offices. Full-service hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays at 1500 Franklin St. NE and 2626 Naylor Rd. SE.
Gregory P. Irish, Director
202-671-1900Department of Health
825 North Capitol St. NE
Washington, D.C., 20002
202-671-5000
Email: doh@dc.gov
Web site: dchealth.dc.gov
The agency works to promote and protect the health, safety and quality of life of residents, visitors and those doing business in the District. Responsibilities include identifying health risks; educating the public; preventing and controlling diseases, injuries and exposure to environmental hazards; and ensuring that all city residents have access to health care. The agency conducts food-safety inspections at restaurants and issues birth and death certificates, dog licenses and fishing licenses.
Gregg A. Pane, Director
202-442-5955Department of Housing and Community Development
801 North Capitol St. NE, Eighth Floor
Washington, D.C., 20002
202-442-7200
Email: dhcd@dc.gov
Web site: dhcd.dc.gov
The Department of Housing and Community Development acquires and coordinates public and private funding to improve housing and community and economic development in the District.
Jalal Greene, Director
202-442-7210Department of Human Services
64 New York Ave. NE, Sixth Floor
2700 Martin Luther King Ave. SE
Washington, DC, 20002
202-671-4200
Email: dhs@dc.gov
Web site: www.dhs.dc.gov
The D.C. Department of Human Services sets policy for social services and administers public assistance, subsidized early child care, and disability and rehabilitation services for low-income District residents.
Kate Jesberg, Interim director
202-671-4355Department of Mental Health
64 New York Ave. NE, Fourth Floor
Washington, D.C., 20002
202-673-7440 202-673-3433
Email: dmh@dc.gov
Web site: www.dmh.dc.gov
Provides mental health services. Operates St. Elizabeths Hospital for people with severe, long-term mental illnesses and the Community Service Agency, a network of community-based mental health care centers.
Stephen Baron, Acting director
202-673-2200Department of Motor Vehicles
301 C St. NW
Room 1157
Washington, D.C., 20001
202-727-5000 Director: 202-724-2034
Email: dmv@dc.gov
Web site: dmv.dc.gov
Provides driver's license issuance and renewal, identification services, adjudication (moving and parking violation hearings and ticket payments), vehicle inspections and registrations, and driver tests. Medical, disability and insurance review services are available at all DMV service centers. Driver's license and registration renewals, ticket payments, duplicate registration cards, duplicate license requests, personalized plate requests, residential parking permit requests, road test appointment scheduling and insurance verification are all available online at dmv.dc.gov.
When a holiday is observed on a Monday, all DMV service locations and the inspection station are closed on that Monday and the preceding Saturday
The agency has six service locations:
Northwest Service Center
301 C St. NW
Washington 20001
Service Center:
Services: vehicle registration (first time and renewals), titles, driver's license issuance and renewal (commercial and pleasure licenses), medical review and disability services, transactions with diplomats, foreign nationals, taxis and fleets, temporary tags.
Hours: 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays.
Adjudication Service Center:
Services: ticket payment, hearings, permit control (including handicap placards), license reinstatement and certified driver's records.
Walk-in hearings: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Permit control/reinstatement: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays.
Certified driver's records: 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Ticket payment: 8:15 a.m.-6:45 p.m. weekdays.
The DMV will move its 301 C St. NW Service Center operations to 95 M St. SW this summer. Visit www.dmv.dc.gov for updates on the move. Adjudication Services (hearings and ticket payments) will remain at 301 C St. NW.
Brentwood Square Service Center
1233 Brentwood Rd. NE
Washington 20018
Services: vehicle registration (first time and renewals), titles, driver's license issuance and renewal.
Hours: 10 a.m-6 p.m. weekdays. Knowledge tests, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
Brentwood Road Test Lot
1205 Brentwood Rd. NE
Washington 20018
Services: road test only, by appointment.
Penn Branch Service Center
3214 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Washington 20020
202-727-5000
Services: vehicle registration (first time and renewals), titles, driver's license issuance and renewal, and fleet transactions.
Hours: 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. Knowledge tests, 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays; fleet transactions, 8:30 a.m.-noon weekdays.
Shops at Georgetown Park Service Center
3222 M St. NW
Washington 20007
202-727-5000
Services: vehicle registration renewal and driver's license renewal.
Hours: 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. Knowledge tests, 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.weekdays.
Vehicle Inspection Station
1001 Half St. SW
Washington 20024
202-727-5000
Services: vehicle inspection only.
Hours: 6 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. On Code Red advisory heat days, this location opens an hour earlier and closes at 1 p.m.
Anne Witt, Director
202-724-2034Department of Public Works
Franklin D. Reeves Center
2000 14th St. NW, Sixth Floor
2000 14th St. NW, Sixth floor
Washington, D.C., 20009
202-727-1000 Fax: 202-671-0642
Email: dpw@dc.gov
Web site: www.dpw.dc.gov
Oversees the District's trash collection and the cleaning of streets, alleys and other public areas and enforces parking laws. Call 202-727-1000 for services.
William O. Howland Jr., Director
202-673-6833Department of Transportation
Frank D. Reeves Center
2000 14th St. NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC, 20009
202-673-6813 Fax: 202-671-0642
Email: ddot@dc.gov
Web site: ddot.dc.gov
Builds and maintains the city's roads, bridges and alleys; maintains street signs, parking meters, street lights and traffic signals; oversees parking and traffic policy; coordinates the removal of snow and ice in the winter.
Michelle Pourciau, Interim director
202-673-6813Emergency Management Agency
2000 14th St. NW, Eighth Floor
Washington, D.C., 20009
202-727-6161 Fax: 202-673-2290
Email: ema@dc.gov
Web site: dcema.dc.gov
Provides 24-hour emergency assistance and coordination, notifies the public in case of disaster and issues temporary street closing permits for special events.
Barbara Childs-Pair, Director
202-727-6161Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications
3007 Tilden St. NW
Washington, D.C., 20008
202-671-0066
Email: octt@dc.gov
Web site: www.octt.dc.gov
Runs cable Channels 13 and 16, regulates basic cable service and resolves disputes between cable companies and customers.
James D. Brown Jr., Executive director
202-671-0066Office of Tax and Revenue
Customer Service Center
941 North Capitol St. NE, First Floor
941 North Capitol St. NE, First floor
Washington, DC, 20002
202-727-4829
Email: otr@dc.gov
Web site: www.cfo.dc.gov/otr
The agency is responsible for administering and collecting 17 different taxes in the District. The assessment of tax laws relating to real property is conducted by the Real Property Tax Administration.
Sherryl Hobbs Newman, Deputy chief financial officer
202-442-6200
+Executive assistant: 202-442-6383
Office of Zoning
441 Fourth St. NW, Suite 200S
Washington, D.C., 20001
202-727-6311
Email: dcoz@dc.gov
Web site: dcoz.dc.gov
The Board of Zoning Adjustments, which handles zoning variances and exceptions, and the Zoning Commission, which amends zoning maps and texts, fall under the Office of Zoning.
Jerrily R. Kress, Director
202-727-6311Urban Forestry Administration
District Department of Transportation
2217 14th St. NW, Third Floor
Washington, D.C., 20009
202-727-1000
Email: ufa.ddot@dc.gov
Web site: ddot.dc.gov/ufa
A division of the Department of Transportation, the agency is responsible for the pruning, removal and planting of trees within city public rights of way. The UFA can be contacted through the mayor's call center.
John P. Thomas, Acting urban forestry manager
202-727-1000
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