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Our policy advocacy is grounded in the experience we have gained helping more than 40,000 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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    FY22 Budget Testimony: OAH

    Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Elizabeth Oquendo provided testimony to the DC Council’s Committee on Government Operations and Facilities about the need to ensure the…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: DOEE

    Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Elizabeth Oquendo testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment about the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), noting…

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    FY22 Budget Testimony: DHS

    Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Elizabeth Oquendo testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Human Services about the Department of Human Services, asking the Committee to invest in…

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    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…