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• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: Commission on Poverty in the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2017

  Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified about poverty in DC and how the proposed Commission on Poverty could be most successful.

  November 1, 2017

• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: Improving School Attendance Roundtable 2017

  Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified at a joint public roundtable before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole and Committee on Education regarding the District’s…

  October 23, 2017

• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: Education for Students During and After Detention, Commitment, or Incarceration

  Supervising Attorney Renee Murphy shared her testimony with the District of Columbia Council Committee on Education regarding what legal reforms could positively impact education systems…

  October 19, 2017

• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: DCRA Inspection and Enforcement of Tenant Housing

  Senior Policy Attorney Anne Cunningham testified before the DC Council’s Committee of the Whole regarding the inspection and enforcement of the District’s housing codes regulated…

  October 2, 2017

• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: Infant and Toddler & Bolstering Early Growth Acts

  Policy Director Sharra Greer testified at a joint public hearing before the DC Council’s Committees on Education, Health, and Finance & Revenue regarding the proposed…

  September 27, 2017

• Resource Practice Kits

  Practice Kit 06, Education Toolkit

  Revised September 2018. This practice kit contains school contact information, calendars, enrollment and stability information for DC and Prince George’s County schools. There are also chapters…

• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: CFSA's Safe Haven & Stable Families Redesigns

  Executive Director Judith Sandalow testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Human Services regarding the Child & Family Services Agency’s (CFSA) Safe Haven and Stable…

  September 20, 2017

• Resource Practice Kits

  Practice Kit 04, CFSA Policies and LaShawn A.

  Revised June 2018. This practice kit provides a summary of the LaShawn A. federal class action lawsuit filed in 1989 on behalf of maltreated children in…

• Resource Testimonies/Comments

  Testimony: Home Visiting Services Pilot Establishment Act of 2017

  Policy Supervising Attorney Renee Murphy testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health regarding the proposed Home Visiting Services Pilot Program Establishment Act of 2017. …

  September 18, 2017

• Resource Fact Sheets

  Required Legal Findings and Standards of Proof

  Attorneys in DC child welfare proceedings may litigate a variety of issues throughout their practice. This fact sheet summarizes the key legal findings and standards…