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FY26 Budget Testimony: DC Health
Children’s Law Center Senior Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz testified before the Committee on Health at the FY26 budget hearing for the Department of Health, known as DC Health.
Our testimony supports investments in healthy housing and children’s mental health included in the Mayor’s proposed budget but raises concern about proposed cuts to the Community Health Services division, which includes the District’s local home visiting service funds, as well as cuts to the Health Licensing division. Our testimony also asks the Council to fund the Child Behavioral Health Services Dashboard Act of 2024– legislation critical to improving District residents’ access to behavioral health services for children.