Welcome To LifeSTARTS Youth & Family Services! (formerly the East Capitol Center for Change)

LifeSTARTS has a new strategic plan!  View the Executive Summary. We're in the Washington Post - AGAIN!  Read about how our in-school team at Johnson Middle School is making a difference: Beyond Textbooks, DC Schools Face a Host of Social Needs by Robert E. Pierre, Washington Post, March 5, 2008, Page B01.  Find more recent media coverage on our work by clicking here. We're Effective!   We are featured in the newly released publication Beyond Charity: Recognizing Return on Investment - How the Nonprofit Community Impacts Greater Washington.   Check out pps. 9 & 17. Have you spotted us on TV yet?  If not, view the new LifeSTARTS TV commercial here.