Children and Families

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• Healthy Housing

  When the Sky Falls: Joel’s Struggle with Housing and Asthma

  Poor housing conditions like mold and rodents often exacerbate illnesses like asthma. In this case, they led to Ms. Stinson’s son, Joel, suffering asthma attack after asthma attack.

  

• Family

  John’Ta Finds a Permanent, Loving Family

  Severely disabled 11-year-old John'Ta was finally adopted on National Adoption Day by the loving foster family who fought for more than four years to give him a home.

  

• Family

  Sierra and Mrs. Mosley

  Children's Law Center helped Mrs. Mosley adopt her granddaughter Sierra after she suffered abuse and neglect.

  

• Behavioral Health

  Marco & His Brother Jose

  Jose came to Children's Law Center to find a solution for his brother Marco, who wasn't learning in school. Now Marco is in a vocational program and is on the path to independence. Hear Jose talk about why he asked for help and how Children's Law Center helped him fight for his brother's education.

  

• Education

  Kavon & Mrs. Quattlebaum

  When Kavon's mother died, his great aunt Mrs. Quattlebaum wanted to keep him in the family. Learn how Children's Law Center helped Kavon stay with his great aunt and get back on track in school.

  

• Health

  When the Sky Falls: Joel’s Struggle with Housing and Asthma

  Drip. Drip. Drip. CRASH. The sound you just heard was Deborah Stinson’s ceiling collapsing. For more than six months, Ms. Stinson and her 9-year-old twins’…

  

• Family

  Markia’s Journey

  Children’s Law Center worked to find Markia a permanent home with her great aunt and great uncle, get her the medical care she deserved and make sure she had the support she needed to succeed at school.

  

• Education

  The Education He Deserves: The Zanders Family’s Fight for Learning

  Imagine sitting in a classroom or meeting day after day, month after month, struggling to catch up. You are behind, frustrated and don’t know what’s going on. This was 15-year-old David’s reality for years.

  

• Health

  More than Mold: The Matthews Family’s Fight for a Healthy Home

  When CLC met them, Ms. Matthews and her two young children were living in an apartment reeking of mold and infested with rats. These living conditions caused Aiden’s exasperated asthma symptoms.

  

• Family

  Looking Beyond the Symptoms

  When a child struggles with asthma, most parents don’t think to call a lawyer. So Children’s Law Center teams with pediatricians across the District, training them to recognize when a lawyer can be a life-saver. That’s how Carlos Rodriguez and his niece, Laila, came to Children’s Law Center.