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Congratulations Melissa Colangelo, National Outstanding Legal Advocate Awardee
The National Association of Counsel for Children honored Children’s Law Center’s long-time Appellate Director Melissa Colangelo as its Outstanding Legal Advocate of 2025. The award…
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Statement: Unwarranted Federal Intervention in DC
Statement from Children’s Law Center CEO Judith Sandalow: “More than 100,000 children call DC home. “President Trump’s unwarranted federal intervention and derogatory and inaccurate characterization…
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News Health
Street Sense: D.C. Council axes Mayor Bowser's plans to put families back in congregate shelters
Street Sense Media reporter Sachini Adikari speaks with Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn about the Mayor’s proposal to permit the District to temporarily house families experiencing…
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News Education
The74Million: For Decades, the Feds Were the Last, Best Hope for Special Ed Kids. What Happens Now?
This in‑depth article explores how federal intervention has long been the safeguard for children with disabilities and questions what changes lie ahead as federal oversight…
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News Behavioral Health
Washington Post: D.C.’s sole mental health crisis team for kids under threat in new budget
Lauren Lumpkin reports on a funding gap threatening to shutter the Child and Adolescent Mobile Psychiatric Service, DC’s only crisis response team dedicated to children…
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News Healthy Housing
Street Sense: Homelessness in D.C. may be decreasing, but service providers say the city’s progress is in jeopardy
Street Sense Media reporter Sachini Adikari speaks with Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn on the reported 9% decrease in homelessness in DC, according the 25th annual…
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News Health
The 51st: D.C. building tenants now face water shut-offs when their landlords don’t pay bills
Martin Austermuhle of The 51st reports on how a change in policy has left DC renters facing water shutoffs, due to unpaid water bills by…
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News Health
WAMU: D.C. could put some unhoused families in communal shelters again, worrying advocates
Reporter Alex Koma of WAMU highlights growing concern among advocates as Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 2026 budget would allow the use of communal or “congregate”…
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Washington Lawyer: Banking on Justice with IOLTA
Jeremy Conrad covers DC Bar Foundation grantees in the May/June 2025 issue, including a feature of Children’s Law Center and Chief Legal Officer LaShanda Adams:…
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News Education
Washington Post: D.C. Public Schools faces Education Dept. probe over disabilities services
Washington Post reporter Lauren Lumpkin reports on the U.S. Education Department’s investigation into D.C.’s public school system and how they are not meeting the needs…
