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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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FY21 Oversight Testimony: DOEE

At Children’s Law Center, we know that poor housing conditions can pose a serious risk to a child’s health. Every year we represent hundreds of…

February 22, 2021
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FY21 Oversight Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer and policy attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote testified about the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) during DC’s oversight proceedings.…

February 12, 2021
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Testimony: Roundtable Examining the District’s Legislative Prohibition on Evictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified at the Joint Roundtable Examining the District’s Legislative Prohibition on Evictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic to highlight how the moratorium on…

February 4, 2021
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Testimony: Roundtable on the District’s COVID-19 Vaccination Process

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer submitted testimony for the DC Council’s Roundtable on the District’s COVID-19 Vaccination Process to share our recommendations…

January 29, 2021
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Testimony: Roundtable on Re-Opening District of Columbia Public Schools

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole and Committee on Education to stress the need for DCPS’s school…

January 21, 2021
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Testimony: Exploring Non-Law Enforcement Alternatives to Meeting Community Needs

Virtually all of the children and youth Children’s Law Center represents are Black and Brown, and many of them routinely interact with the Metropolitan Police Department…

December 17, 2020
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Testimony: Return to In-Person Instruction in DC Public Schools

Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole and Committee on Education to stress the need for DCPS’s school…

December 2, 2020
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Testimony: The Education and Credit Continuity Amendment Act of 2020

Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole and Committee on Education sharing our support for the Education and…

November 24, 2020
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Human Services Public Roundtable: CFSA Testimony

Many of the DC children in foster care we serve have struggled with remote learning or supervision issues during the pandemic. While we commend CFSA…

November 4, 2020
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Human Services Public Roundtable: DHS Testimony

As we enter the eighth month of the pandemic, we know that children and families are going to need the supports that DHS provides even…

November 4, 2020