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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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Testimony: Roundtable on Supporting Humane and Trauma-Informed Responses to Behavioral Health Crises Resolution
Children’s Law Center Behavioral Health Policy Analyst Chris Gamble testified before the Committee on Health and the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety in…
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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: District of Columbia Housing Authority
Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the District of Columbia Council at the performance oversight hearing for the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA). Our…
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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: Department of Human Services
Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the District of Columbia Council at the performance oversight hearing for the Department of Human Services (DHS). Our testimony…
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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: Deputy Mayor for Education and the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board
Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the Committee of the Whole for the performance oversight of Deputy Mayor for Education (DME)and the District of…
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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: Office of the Attorney General
Children’s Law Center attorneys Danielle Robinette and Lacia Japp testified before the Committe on the Judiciary and Public Safety at the Performance Oversight hearing for…
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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: Department of Buildings
Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the District of Columbia Council at the performance oversight hearing for the Department of Buildings (DOB). We believe that…
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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: DC Health
Children’s Law Center testified before the DC Council Committee on Health regarding the Department of Health. Our testimony discusses (1) investments needed to ensure DC…
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2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: Department of Energy and Environment
Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the District of Columbia Council at the performance oversight hearing for the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE). The…
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2024-25 Oversight Testimony: Office of the Ombudsperson for Children
Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Youth Affairs regarding the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children.…
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2024-25 Oversight Testimony: Child and Family Services Agency
Children’s Law Center Policy Director Tami Weerasingha-Cote testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Youth Affairs regarding the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA). Our…