Children and Families

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• 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.

  

• Education

  Unlocking Ezekiel’s Potential

  Sherina worried about Ezekiel’s future. With so many suspensions, Ezekiel, a loveable kid who dreamed of buying his mom a house someday, wasn’t able to learn consistently. And, when he was in school, teachers seemed unwilling to work with him.

  

• Family

  Breaking the Cycle of Neglect

  Breaking the cycle of neglect can be the best gift of all.

  

• Education

  A Loving Parent: The Best Education Advocate of All

  Outgoing, clever, insightful, funny – that’s how Kenny Pegram describes his son, 7-year-old Darren. But when Darren first came into foster care at age 4, these wonderful qualities were nowhere in sight.

  

• Family

  Zach's Family United

  *Zach’s mother abandoned him shortly after his birth. His paternal grandparents gained shared custody and raised him until he was 6 years old. Concerned that Zach’s grandmother was physically and emotionally abusive toward Zach, his grandfather removed him from the family’s home