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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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Testimony: SOUL Amendment Act of 2025
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Testimony: Oversight of Education for Students with Disabilities
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FY27 Budget Testimony: Department of Health Care Finance
Behavioral Health Policy Analyst Chris Gamble testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health at the FY27 Budget Oversight Hearing for the Department of Health…
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FY27 Budget Testimony: Department of Behavioral Health
Senior Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz and Behavioral Health Policy Analyst Chris Gamble testified before the Committee on Health at the FY27 budget hearing for the…
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Testimony: Housing Production Omnibus Amendment Act of 2026, Fair Share Housing Targets Act of 2025 and the Portable Tenant Screening Report Amendment Act of 2025
Senior Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the Committee on Housing in regards to a series of bills: Children’s Law Center believes the District’s existing…
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Testimony: Streamlining Medicaid Credentialing Amendment Act of 2025
Senior Policy Attorney Leah Castelaz testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Health regarding B26-0523 – Streamlining Medicaid Credentialing Amendment Act of 2025 (Streamlining Credentialing…
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Testimony: Child Support Improvement Amendment Act of 2026
Jennifer Mezey, Deputy Director of Children’s Law Center’s Healthy Together Medical-Legal Partnership, testified regarding B26-0572 the Child Support Improvement Amendment Act of 2026. Many of…
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2025-26 Performance Oversight Testimony: Department of Housing and Community Development
Senior Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn testified before the Committee on Housing at the performance oversight hearing for the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).…
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2025-26 Oversight Testimony: Office of the State Superintendent for Education
Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified at the Committee of the Whole performance oversight hearing regarding the Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE).…
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2025-26 Oversight Testimony: Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
Children’s Law Center Director of Special Legal Projects Kathy Zeisel testified before the DC Council’s Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Her testimony highlighted the…
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2025-26 Performance Oversight Hearing: Department of Human Services
Senior Policy Attorney Makenna Osborn and Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette both testified before the Committee on Human Services at the performance oversight hearing for…
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2025-26 Performance Oversight Testimony: Deputy Mayor for Education
Senior Policy Attorney Danielle Robinette testified before the Committee of the Whole at the performance oversight hearing for the Deputy Mayor for Education (DME). Our…