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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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Testimony: COW Roundtable on Attendance, Chronic Absenteeism and Truancy
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Testimony: Preserving Our Kids' Equity Through Trusts Amendment Act of 2022 and Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Amendment Act of 2022
Each year, Children’s Law Center represents approximately half of all DC children in foster care, and we appreciate that the DC Council’s Committee on Human…
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Testimony: Implementation of Law 23-269, the Department of Buildings Establishment Act of 2020
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Christina M. Simpson testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole regarding the implementation of the Department of Buildings…
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Testimony: Amendments to the Compulsory Education and School Attendance Regulations
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz testified before the DC State Board of Education (on behalf of Attorney Danielle Robinette) regarding a proposed emergency…
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Testimony: Ombudsperson for Children Shalonda L. Cawthon Appointment Resolution of 2022
Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole Roundtable on the Ombudsperson for Children Shalonda L. Cawthon…
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FY23 Budget Testimony: COW Budget Hearing
Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole at the COW budget hearing. Judith noted that while…
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FY23 Budget Testimony: DC Health
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health at the DC Health budget hearing. In particular, she noted the…
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FY23 Budget Testimony: DHS
Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Human Services at the Department of Human Services (DHS) budget hearing.…
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FY23 Budget Testimony: MPD
Children’s Law Center Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety at the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)’s…
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FY23 Budget Testimony: DOEE
Children’s Law Center Senior Supervising Attorney Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment at the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE)…
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FY23 Budget Testimony: DHCF
Children’s Law Center Policy Director Sharra E. Greer submitted testimony to the DC Council’s Committee on Health regarding the proposed FY23 budget for DHCF. In…