Nine local nonprofit organizations are opening 10 centers east of the Anacostia River to provide families in Wards 7 and 8 health care, child care, financial literacy lessons, and food assistance, among other services. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the openings Wednesday at a new center being run by Martha’s Table, an organization that assists families with health and education.

The priorities of each center differ and are based on the needs of the surrounding community, according to a release from Bowser’s office. Generally, they will help families navigate trauma, housing, unemployment, mental health issues, and other challenges.

Bowser’s administration chose the nine nonprofits, which the District is supporting with a roughly $4 million investment, last December. Since then, the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency has worked with them to prepare for the openings of the new centers, dubbed “family success centers,” this month.

CFSA director Brenda Donald said at a press conference Wednesday that the centers allow for walk-in appointments where families can access services. The neighborhoods where the centers are located were chosen based on data on health, crime, and child abuse reports, says the city.

“We’re going to be able to bring in health screenings and financial literacy coaching for families in this neighborhood,” Martha’s Table president and CEO Kim Ford said Wednesday. District agencies including the Department of Human Services, the Department of Behavioral Health, the Department of Employment Services, and DC Public Schools are aiding with the centers.

In addition to Martha’s Table, the 10 centers are being run by the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative, Smart from the Start, A Wider Circle, Community of Hope, Sasha Bruce Youthwork, the North Capitol Collaborative, Life Deeds, and the East River Family Strengthening Collaborative. (The latter group is operating two centers.) The locations are spread across Wards 7 and 8 and will complement existing social services there, like those offered at Kidspace, a child care program run by House of Ruth that just moved to a new building in Dupont Park.

Speaking at the press conference, Ward 8 resident Ra’Chelle Dennis said she visited Martha’s Table last year when she was going through a serious hardship, and received cash and food aid, winter clothes, and child care for her younger son, who has special needs. After setting goals with the nonprofit’s help, Dennis, a domestic violence survivor and single mother, started an online business and improved her family’s financial situation.

“Life happened,” she said, “and I became someone who needed the help and the resources.”