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Our policy advocacy is grounded in the experience we have gained helping more than 50,000 District children and families since our founding in 1996. We use this expertise to advocate for city-wide solutions that better serve children’s needs. Use the filters below to find our testimonies, comments, letters and reports.

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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: Department of Buildings
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2024-25 Oversight Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health
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FY26 Budget Testimony: Committee of the Whole
Children’s Law Center’s Chief Executive Officer, Judith Sandalow, submitted written testimony to the Committee of the Whole regarding the FY26 Local Budget Act and the…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: Department of Energy and Environment
Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the Committee on Transportation and the Environment at the FY26 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Department of Energy and…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
Children’s Law Center testified before the Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety at the FY26 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Office of Victim Services and…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the Committee on Public Works and Operations at the FY26 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Department of Licensing and…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: DC Health
Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz testified before the Committee on Health at the FY26 budget hearing for the Department of Health, known…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: District of Columbia Public Schools
Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the Committee of the Whole at the FY26 Budget Oversight Hearing for the District of Columbia Public Schools…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: Department of Health Care Finance
Children’s Law Center Behavioral Health Policy Analyst Chris Gamble testified before the Committee on Health at the FY26 Budget Oversight Hearing of the Department of…
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FY26 Budget Oversight: Office of the State Superintendent of Education
Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the Committee of the Whole at the FY26 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Office of the State Superintendent…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: Office of the Attorney General
Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety at the FY26 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Office of…
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FY26 Budget Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health
Children’s Law Center Behavioral Health Policy Analyst Chris Gamble testified before the Committee on Health at the FY26 budget hearing for the Department of Behavioral…