Subsidy Extension & Expansion: Extending adoption and guardianship subsidies until age 21 and expanding guardianship subsidies to include foster parents will increase the number of children being adopted and will save millions of dollars.
DC Medicaid 101: A brief overview of what Medicaid is and who it covers.
Grandparent Caregiver Program: A program that provides essential financial assistance to grandparents raising their grandchildren.
School Stability for Foster Children and Other Homeless Youth: What are their rights and options?
Rapid Housing: A program that keeps families safely together and helps prevent older foster youth from becoming homelessness.
Rationing Justice: the Effect of the Recession on Access to Justice in the District of Columbia: A joint report released by the DC Access to Justice Commission and the DC Consortium of Legal Services Providers in December 2009 that outlines the devastating impact that the recession has had, and will continue to have, on legal services for the city's low-income residents. The executive summary of the report can be found here.
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