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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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2024-25 Oversight Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health
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FY20 Oversight Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health
Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra Greer and policy attorney Tami Weerasingha-Cote recently testified about the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) during DC’s oversight proceedings.…
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FY20 Oversight Testimony: Department of Human Services
Countless Children’s Law Center clients depend on the Department of Human Services (DHS) for basic needs like housing and the administration of public benefits. Every day, we receive referrals…
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Testimony: Tenant and Homeowner Accountability and Protection Amendment Act of 2019
Through our medical-legal partnerships with six District-based health clinics, Children’s Law Center helps many DC families with children harmed by unhealthy housing conditions, including mold, lead, and…
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FY20 Oversight Testimony: Department of Energy and the Environment
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…
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FY20 Oversight Testimony: Metropolitan Police Department
Many of Children Law Center’s youth clients encounter Metropolitan Police Department officers — especially those who are in foster care, those who are missing youth, children…
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Testimony: Bedbug Control Act of 2019
Through Children’s Law Center’s medical-legal partnerships with Children’s National Hospital, Mary’s Center and Unity Health Care, we meet families suffering from home conditions that affect…
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Testimony & Comment: Proposed Rulemaking to Adopt a New Chapter 30 for Special Education in Subtitle A of Title 5 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations
Many of the children Children’s Law Center serves receive special education services. Because of this work, we have consistently provided suggestions to the Office of the State…
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Testimony: Office of Inspector General Report on the Department of Buildings Establishment Act of 2019
Children’s Law Center sees DC residents daily whose children’s health are impacted by the dangerous or unhealthy housing conditions in their home. Even when DCRA comes…
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Testimony: Indoor Mold Remediation Enforcement Amendment Act of 2019
Through Children Law Center’s partnerships with clinics across the city, we work closely with a number of families who face a number of health challenges…
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FY19 Oversight Testimony: The Department of Behavioral Health
Many of the Children’s Law Center works with – children in the foster care system or receiving special education services – only need our services…
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