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DC KinCare Alliance Joins 31 Other Organizations to Submit Testimony in Support of Clean Hands Law Reform
The law that would reform the discriminatory and punitive practice under the “Clean Hands Law” of preventing District residents from getting or renewing their driver’s licenses.
What Caregivers Need to Know About the Child Tax Credit
Find out if you are eligible and how to obtain the tax credit.
DC KinCare Alliance Spearheads Petition to Fund Ombudsperson for Children
DC KinCare Alliance signs onto this Petition with more than 200 other signatories asking the DC Council to fund the Ombudsperson for Children.
DC KinCare Alliance Signs On To Letter With Other Advocates To Reform Rapid Re-Housing Program
The Letter asks the DC Council to stop Mayor Bowser from terminating DC residents from the rapid re-housing program for hitting an arbitrary time limit. This year, as many as 913 families are facing time limit terminations.
DC KinCare Alliance Submits Testimony on the DC Department of Human Services FY 2023 Budget
Among other things, Kincare highlights high barriers to access benefits for kinship caregivers, and the agency’s failure to reduce those barriers.
Executive Director Marla Spindel Testifies Before DC Council on Child and Family Services Agency FY 2023 Budget
Mayor Bowser defunded the FY 2022 funding allocated to the Office of the Ombudsperson for Children, and did not include any funding for the Office in FY 2023. Accordingly, we implore the DC Council to identify and reallocate funds to ensure this critical protection for DC children is retained.
Executive Director Marla Spindel Testifies About Barrier to Access the DC Child Care Subsidy
Marla Spindel testified about the unnecessary and discriminatory barriers for non-parent caregivers to access the DC Child Care Subsidy for the children in their care.
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Testifies on DC Housing Authority Discriminatory Practices
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan testified on how the DC Housing Authority discriminates against relative caregivers who seek to add the children in their care to their public housing vouchers.
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Testifies on Barriers to Access TANF Benefits For Relative Caregivers
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan testified about the unnecessary and burdensome documentation requirements for relative caregivers to obtain TANF benefits, which create discriminatory barriers to access.
Executive Director Marla Spindel Testifies At CSFA Performance Oversight Hearing
Marla Spindel testifies before the DC Council Human Services Committee on the the performance of the DC Child and Family Services Agency regarding: (1) processing time for the caregiver subsidies; (2) the independent Ombudsperson for Children; (3) kinship diversion; and (4) child fatalities and near fatalities.
DC KinCare Alliance Leads Advocacy to Remove Barriers for Non-Parent Caregivers to Access the DC Child Care Subsidy
Along with other advocates, DC KinCare Alliance requests that DC explicitly include in loco parentis as one of the legal relationships eligible for the DC Child Care Subsidy. Doing so is consistent with the overarching purposes of the program, as well as with existing federal and DC child care and school enrollment regulations.