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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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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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Testimony: Agency Responses to Code Violations and the Subsequent Fire at 708 Kennedy Street N.W.
Children’s Law Center knows how important healthy housing is in providing a child with a strong foundation of family, health and education. However, the CLC…
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Testimony: Lead Hazard Prevention and Elimination Amendment Act of 2019
Children’s Law Center testified in support of B23-407, the Lead Hazard Prevention and Elimination Amendment Act of 2019. Through our Healthy Together program, Children’s Law Center…
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Testimony: The Child Safety and Well-Being Ombudsperson Establishment Act of 2019
For more than 20 years, we have worked with DC’s Child Family Services Agency. As recently as this year, we have voiced our many concerns regarding…
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Testimony: Students’ Right to Home or Hospital Instruction Act of 2019
Sometimes the children we work with face a serious health condition that keeps them out of school for a prolonged period. They might be hospitalized…
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Testimony: Dyslexia and Other Reading Disabilities Screening and Prevention Pilot Program Act of 2019
Many Children’s Law Center clients have learning disabilities and special education needs. We believe that it is of paramount importance that children are universally screened for…
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Testimony: Detained Youth Access to the Juvenile Services Program Amendment Act of 2019
Children’s Law Center is known across the District for our medical legal partnerships and our work with children in foster care. Some of the children…
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Testimony: The Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019
Executive Director Judith Sandalow and Supervising Attorney Naïké Savain testified on behalf of Children’s Law Center in opposition to B23-0318 the Community Safety and Health…
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Testimony: Public School Transparency Amendment Act and Public Charter School Closure Amendment Act
Children’s Law Center believes that transparency is an important tenet of democracy because it provides residents and their elected representatives the ability to meaningfully participate.…
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