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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

February 25, 2025
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2024-25 Oversight Testimony: Office of the Ombudsperson for Children

February 13, 2025
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2024-25 Oversight Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health

February 4, 2025

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FY23 Budget Testimony: Department of Health Care Finance

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer submitted testimony to the DC Council’s Committee on Health regarding the proposed FY23 budget for DHCF. In…

March 28, 2022
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FY23 Budget Testimony: Education Agencies

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole on the FY23 budget of DC education agencies,…

March 28, 2022
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FY23 Budget Testimony: Office of Administrative Hearings

Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel provided written testimony for the DC Council’s budget hearing on the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). As…

March 25, 2022
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FY23 Budget Testimony: Department of Buildings

Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole at the Department of Buildings’ (DOB) budget hearing,…

March 24, 2022
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FY23 Budget Testimony: Child and Family Services Agency

Children’s Law Center Supervising Policy Attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote testified before the Committee on Human Services at the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA)’s budget hearing.…

March 23, 2022
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FY23 Budget Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health

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

March 21, 2022
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Testimony: School Attendance Amendment Act

Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole on the School Attendance Amendment Act. Every day, we…

March 10, 2022
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FY22 Oversight Testimony: Education Agencies

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole about the performance of DC education agencies, including…

March 1, 2022
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FY22 Oversight Testimony: Department of Health Care Finance

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health about the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). Sharra…

February 28, 2022
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FY22 Oversight Testimony: Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole on the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs…

February 24, 2022