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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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FY25 Budget Testimony: Office of the Ombudsperson for Children
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FY25 Budget Testimony: Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
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2021 Joint Letter: DC Leaders Must Invest Further to Ensure the Long-Term Stability of the School-Based Behavioral Health Program
Along with children across the nation, DC’s children are experiencing a serious mental health crisis, one exacerbated by the pandemic. DC children and families have…
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Testimony: The Grandparent and Close Relative Caregivers Program Amendment Act of 2021
Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote submitted testimony expressing our support of the Grandparent and Close Relative Caregivers Program Amendment Act of 2021.…
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Testimony: Department of Human Services’ Implementation of Historic Housing Investments and Pandemic Recovery Efforts
Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified at the Committee on Human Services’ Roundtable on the Department of Human Services’ implementation of historic housing…
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Testimony: School Security in District of Columbia Public and Public Charter Schools
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole about school security in DC Public Schools (DCPS) and…
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Testimony: Coronavirus Immunization of School Students and Early Childhood Workers Amendment Act of 2021
Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole about the proposed COVID-19 vaccination mandate for DC students…
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Testimony: School Police Incident Oversight and Accountability Amendment Act of 2021 and Youth Rights Amendment Act of 2021
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety on two important bills that impact the…
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Comment: Chapter 30 Special Education Regulations
Each day a child misses the opportunity to engage in Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) is a missed opportunity for learning and development that…
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Testimony: Reopening DCPS and DCPCS for School Year 2021-22
Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole to urge education sector leaders to shift from…
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Testimony: Roundtable on Return to School
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole to urge the District to ensure DC school reopening…
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FY22 Budget Testimony: Budget Oversight Hearing
Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole Budget Oversight Hearing to urge the Council to ensure…
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