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WAMU: Inside D.C.’s Annual Homelessness Count, The City’s Biggest Night for Street Outreach
A year ago, CLC and several other organizations including DC Legal Aid, Bread for the City, and the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless sent…
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News Education
Washington Post: D.C. Council wants to ensure most vulnerable students get promised help
When “at-risk” students—ones in the foster care system, working to overcome poverty and more—aren’t receiving the services they need at school, their education suffers. CLC…
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News Behavioral Health
HIllRag: A Traumatic Failure: DC Public Schools Neglect Mental Health
Our team is passionate about school-based mental health and trauma-informed education. As part of our advocacy in these areas, CLC executive director Judith Sandalow sat…
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News Health
APHA: Information on environmental health services for kids can be hard for parents to find: APHA review
Environmental health services, from asthma home visiting programs to lead testing, can help protect children from the dangerous environmental exposures they encounter every day. Here…
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News Education
AFRO: D.C. Organizations Optimistic about Passing of School Safety Act
As the fall DC Council session wrapped up, councilmembers passed several pieces of important legislation. CLC policy attorney Aubrey Edwards-Luce sat down with AFRO to…
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News Behavioral Health
HillRag: The Cost of Juvenile Trauma
At Children’s Law Center, we meet children who are exposed to trauma every day. Executive Director recently sat down with Jonetta Rose Barras to discuss…
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News Health
East of the River: Children’s Law Center’s Medical-Legal Partnership: A Holistic Approach to Child Welfare in the District
Every Pro Bono Week, we lead a tour of one of our medical-legal partner sites. It’s a great way to share about the amazing work…
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News Healthy Housing
Washington Post: D.C. Council will consider law to strengthen prevention of lead poisoning in homes
The Washington Post’s Terrence McCoy recently wrote that safety measures to ensure that children are protected from the dangers of lead poisoning while living in…
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News Healthy Housing
HillRag: Allen Introduces Bill to Detect, Protect from Lead
At Children’s Law Center, we’ve seen the terrible impact lead can have on any family. We also know it is a preventable problem. That’s why…
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News Education
Washington Post: ‘It feels great to go back’: The District’s students return to school
As the 2019 school year starts, students are excited and nervous—and that includes DC’s homeless students. The Washington Post’s Perry Stein recently went “back-to-school” with…
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