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Marla Spindel, DC Kincare Alliance Executive Director, Testifies Before the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety FY 2024 Budget Hearing
Ms. Spindel asks the DC Council to fully fund the Access to Justice (ATJ) Initiative so that DC legal services organizations can continue to serve those most in need in our community in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kymberly Holmes, DC KinCare Alliance Community Board Member, Testifies Before D.C. Council in Support of Legal Services Funding in the FY 2024 DC Budget
“I am asking you to please make sure to fund the ATJ Initiative so DC KinCare Alliance can continue to help DC residents like me.”
Caylyn Keller, DC KinCare Alliance Staff Attorney, Testifies Before the D.C. Council Committee on Facilities and Family Services FY 2024 Budget Hearing
Ms. Keller testified regarding the DC Child and Family Services Agency’s FY 2024 Budget, and advocated for changes to the caregivers subsidies to increase income eligibility thresholds and eliminate unnecessary deductions from the rate.
Stephanie McClellan, DC KinCare Alliance Deputy Director, Testifies Before D.C. Council Committee on Housing Budget Hearing
Ms. McClellan advocates for refunding the Emergency Rental Assistance Program this year, as well as increased funding for next year.
DC KinCare Alliance Signs On To Letter Asking the Mayor and D.C. Council to Increase ERAP Funding
The letter requests $50 million in emergency funding to the District’s primary eviction prevention tool, the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), and to provide deeper oversight of this critical program.
After More Than Three Years Of Hard Work, The D.C. Office of Ombudsperson for Children is a Reality!
Thank you Mayor Bowser for recognizing the importance of this critical Office and funding it in your FY 2024 Budget!
Victoria Taplin, DC KINCARE ALLIANCE Managing Attorney, Testifies Before the D.C. Council on Barriers for Caregivers to Access the Child Care Subsidy
Ms. Taplin testified that the DC State Superintendent of Schools that administers the DC child care subsidy program restricts access to caregivers who have a custody order, thereby excluding caregivers who are acting “in loco parentis” to children, as permitted by federal law.
Stephanie McClellan, DC KINCARE ALLIANCE Deputy Director, Testifies at 2023 D.C. Ombudsperson for Children Oversight Hearing
Ms. McClellan testified about the importance of the Office and how it can be most successful in helping to ensure the safety and security of DC children and families.
Stephanie McClellan, DC KINCARE ALLIANCE Deputy Director, Testifies at 2023 CFSA Performance Oversight Hearing
Ms. McClellan testified about the DC caregivers subsidies and ways to make them more equitable.
Marla Spindel, DC KINCARE ALLIANCE Executive Director, Testifies at CFSA 2023 Performance Oversight Hearing
Ms. Spindel testified about the CFSA kinship navigator program, kinship diversion (also known as hidden foster care), and child fatalities and near fatalities.
Victoria Taplin, DC KINCARE ALLIANCE Managing Attorney, Testifies at Metropolitan Police Department 2023 Performance Oversight Hearing
Ms. Taplin testified about MPD’s failure to investigate allegations of child abuse or neglect, and the fact that MPD does not have any guidance on how or why a determination is made not to investigate such an allegation, nor any requirement for a rationale to be provided for same.
DC KinCare Alliance Testifies at the D.C. Council Committee on Human Services Roundtable on CFSA’s Implementation of Safety and Family Planning Arrangements
DC KinCare Alliance testified about DC’s discriminatory and harmful practice of kinship diversion also known as hidden foster care.