DC Alliance Empowering Homicide Survivors, Inc is committed to the development of a pastoral care team consisting of ordained, licensed ministers and seminary students 25+ years of age who are committed to serving families in the District of Columbia and Metropolitan areas with support, healing, and comfort for a period of one year. Our goal is to provide resources, information, assistance, support, hope, and love to families affected by domestic violence and homicide through a series of programs, services, and support systems including but not limited to:

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• ​Home Visitation

• Mentoring

• Hospital Visitation

• Burial Assistance

• Clothing for the Decedent for Funeral

• Counseling Concerning Financial Contributions for Funeral

• Hospice Outreach for Families

• Counseling Resources and Referral Services

• Continuum of Ministerial Care for One Year

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DC Alliance offers Chaplaincy Spiritual Care Seminars for those who desire the biblical and educational tools and resources to enhance divine healing mentally and spiritually. These educational trainings are mandatory for our Pastoral Care Team and have included such subjects as:

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• Roles, Duty, and Responsibilities as a Hospice Chaplain. Instructor, Reverend Goyan Clarke

• Multi-Generational Patterns for Families-Bereavement Interventions Around Intergenerational Issues. Instructor, Ms. Pamela Hammond, RN, Case Manager

• The Aftermath of Death-Psychology of Self. Instructor, Pastor Alphonso Lewis, MHS, LCPC, LPC, CSC, NCC, CSC, AD.

• Anticipatory Grief Related to Psychosocial Death. Instructor, Rev. Dr. Marisha Stewart, Ph.D.

• Confronting the Behavior and Protecting its Targets. Instructor, Rev. Dr. Willie J. Barr Jr., Ph.D.

• Alcoholism and Drug Dependence as Primary Illnesses. Rev. Dr. Michael Nettle, D.Min., Ed., LPC, LCPC, MAC, SAP.

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Our goal is to recruit trained volunteers who reflect the cultural and racial diversity of the residents in the District of Columbia and its outlying metropolitan areas. We aim to strengthen the crisis intervention services provided to co-victims of homicide in the community, maintaining continuity of service as a one-stop service entity, thus decreasing the inconsistency of information disseminated to victims regarding services and service providers. We know that the way people cope as victims of crime depends on their experiences immediately following the crime. Those receiving effective support and referral are more likely to eventually rebuild healthy, joyful, productive lives. Those who do not are at higher risk of beginning a downward spiral into despair, substance abuse, school failure, family breakup, unemployment, retributive violence, and completed suicide. Providing victims with the knowledge that they are not alone, and that help is available can mean the difference between life and death. DCAEHS has a proven track record in assisting families and co-victims through our pastoral care program.

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