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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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FY14 Budget Testimony: Budget Hearing for the District Budget

Children’s Law Center executive director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council Committee of the Whole at the public hearing for the fiscal year 2014…

May 3, 2013
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FY14 Budget Testimony: Child and Family Services Agency

Children’s Law Center’s executive director Judith Sandalow testified today before the DC Council’s Committee on Human Services at the budget hearing for the Child and…

April 24, 2013
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FY14 Budget Testimony: Office of the State Superintendent for Education

Children’s Law Center policy director Sharra Greer testified today before the DC Council’s Committee on Education for a budget hearing for the Office of the…

April 22, 2013
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FY14 Budget Testimony: Department of Human Services

Children’s Law Center policy director Sharra Greer testified today before the Committee on Human Services for a budget hearing for the Department of Human Services.…

April 19, 2013
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FY14 Budget Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health and Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

Children’s Law Center executive director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health at the budget hearing for the Department of Behavioral Health…

April 18, 2013
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FY14 Budget Testimony: District of Columbia Public Schools

Children’s Law Center executive director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Education at the budget hearing for District of Columbia Public Schools…

April 17, 2013
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FY14 Budget Testimony: Department of Health Care Finance

Children’s Law Center executive director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health at the budget hearing for the Department of Health Care…

April 11, 2013
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Testimony: Oversight Roundtable on Public Education Priorities 2012

Executive director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council at a joint roundtable on educational priorities for the Council. She focused on two areas within…

July 13, 2012
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FY13 Budget Testimony: Department of Mental Health

Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council Committee on Health at a budget hearing for the Department of Mental Health.…

April 26, 2012
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FY13 Budget and Oversight Testimony: Department of Health Care Finance

Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health at a budget and oversight hearing for the Department of…

April 19, 2012