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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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  • Resource Testimonies/Comments

    FY22 Budget Testimony: DC Health

    Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health about the Department of Health, sharing the need to continue to…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: DCRA

    Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Elizabeth Oquendo testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole, urging the Committee to redirect any funding increases to…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: MPD

    Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety about the need to reimagine school security…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: CFSA

    Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer and Senior Policy Attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote testified about DC’s Child & Family Services Agency (CFSA) before the DC…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: DBH

    Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health to urge the Committee to ensure the Department of…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: Education Agencies

    Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole about the need to prioritize supports and services that students…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: OAG

    CLC Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel submitted testimony to the DC Council’s Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety expressing our positive partnership with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in…