Resource Testimonies/Comments
Policy Testimony
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.

Featured
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
2024-25 Performance Oversight Testimony: Department of Buildings
-
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
2024-25 Oversight Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health
Filter by
Showing 131–140 of 320 results
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
FY22 Oversight Testimony: DC Health
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health about DC Health’s performance this past year. In particular, she noted…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
FY22 Oversight Testimony: Metropolitan Police Department
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety about the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)’s performance…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
FY22 Oversight Testimony: Child and Family Services Agency
Children’s Law Center Supervising Policy Attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote testified about the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA)’s performance during DC’s oversight proceedings. As Tami noted…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
Testimony: Department of Buildings Public Oversight Roundtable
Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole on the Department of Buildings (DOB), an agency which…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
FY22 Oversight Testimony: Office of the Attorney General
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety about our successful partnership with the Office…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
Testimony: Special Education Roundtable
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole on challenges DC students with disabilities are experiencing, particularly…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
FY22 Oversight Testimony: Department of Energy and Environment
Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment about the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE),…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
FY22 Oversight Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health
Children’s Law Center Supervising Policy Attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote testified about the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)’s performance during DC’s oversight proceedings. Many of the children…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
Testimony: Expanding Fee Waivers for Low-Income Litigants Act of 2021
Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety about the Expanding Fee Waivers…
-
Resource Testimonies/Comments
Testimony: Non-Public Student Educational Continuity Amendment Act of 2021
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole about the Non-Public Student Educational Continuity Amendment Act of…
- previous page
- 1
- …
- 14
- …
- 32
- next page