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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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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: Office of the Ombudsperson for Children
Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole Small Agencies Budget Hearing to urge the Council to…
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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…
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Testimony: Special Committee Oversight Hearing on Education After the Pandemic
Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and the Committee of the Whole about the…
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Testimony: Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Public Oversight Hearing
Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Elizabeth Oquendo testified before the DC Council’s Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery about the need to ensure an equitable end to safety…
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Testimony: The Recommendations of the Police Reform Commission
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole and Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety about the need…
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Testimony: School Security in District of Columbia Public and Public Charter Schools
Nearly all of the kids Children’s Law Center represents are Black and Brown, and many routinely interact with the Metropolitan Police Department officers in their schools, at home and in…
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