What We Do

Help Children in Foster Care
Children's Law Center directly represents children in foster care and we represent foster parents and relatives seeking to give foster children safe and stable families.

Create Permanent Families
Whether CLC is representing children or caregivers, we strive to give children long-term, stable families.

Improve Children’s Health
Children's Law Center believes a healthy mind and body are critical to children’s success. Through our partnership with Children’s National Medical Center we work with doctors to overcome obstacles to children’s health that each cannot do alone, whether securing safe housing, improving educational placements or ensuring access to medical care.

Achieve Educational Success
Children's Law Center’s Special Education experts work to achieve educational success for children involved in DC’s child welfare system as well as children with disabilities or developmental delays that have adverse effects on their education and health.

Change Laws & Policies
Children's Law Center's Systemic Advocacy team draws on our experience representing individual children and families to advocate for laws, policies and programs that improve the lives of neglected children and children with special education and health care needs citywide.

Educate Professionals & Families
Children's Law Center shares its expertise with pediatricians, social workers, judges and other lawyers, as well as with parents, foster parents and other caregivers.

Partner with Pro Bono Lawyers
Children's Law Center's pro bono partnership offers pro bono opportunities to hundreds of attorneys from over 70 area law firms. In 2008, pro bono lawyers donated more than 20,000 in legal services to help DC’s children.

Organize Holiday Toy Drive
Children’s Law Center's annual Holiday Toy Drive volunteers donate and collect toys, clothes, food and gift cards for CLC’s clients, many of whom have never had a "real Christmas."

Provide Legal Helpline
Children's Law Center's Helpline attorneys offer information and referrals on issues such as child welfare, education, child custody, guardianship and adoption.