DC KinCare Alliance and DC Housing Authority Reach Settlement
DC KinCare Alliance and the DC Housing Authority are pleased to jointly announce that they have resolved their differences and reached a settlement in regard to the litigation pending between the parties in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
DC Files Reply Brief to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
DC argues that “so-called ‘kinship diversion’ is not prohibited by any federal or local law.”
DC KinCare and Ropes & Gray File Plaintiffs’ Opposition to DC’s Motion to Dismiss K.H. and S.K. Cases
Plaintiffs C.G.1, C.G.2, C.G.3, N.G. S.K, K.H., K.J., M.M., L.E., L.C., and T.C.1 respectfully submit this memorandum of points and authorities in opposition to the District of Columbia (“D.C.”) and the DC Child and Family Services Agency’s (“CFSA”) (collectively, the “Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint (the “Motion to Dismiss” or “Motion”). For the reasons […]
DC Files Motion to Dismiss K.H. and S.K. Cases
Defendants the District of Columbia and Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) (collectively, the District) move to dismiss plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).
DC KinCare Alliance 2023 Resource Guide for Relatives Raising D.C. Children: Helping You Find The Best Path Forward
Executive Director Marla Spindel Testifies Before the DC Council Committee of the Whole FY 2024 Budget Hearing
Executive Director Marla Spindel Testifies Before the DC Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety FY 2024 Budget Hearing
Staff Attorney Caylyn Keller Testifies Before the DC Council Committee on Facilities and Family Services FY 2024 Budget Hearing
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Testifies Before DC Council For Fully Funding the Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Managing Attorney Vicky Taplin Testifies Before the DC Council on Barriers for Caregivers to Access the Child Care Subsidy
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Testifies Before 2023 Ombudsperson for Children Performance Oversight Hearing
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Testifies Before 2023 CFSA Performance Oversight Hearing On Caregiver Subsidy Reforms
Executive Director Marla Spindel Testifies Before 2023 CFSA Performance Oversight Hearing On CFSA’s Kinship Navigator Program, Diversion/Hidden Foster Care and Child Fatalities and Near Fatalities
Managing Attorney Victoria Taplin Testifies at Metropolitan Police Department 2023 Performance Oversight Hearing
DC KinCare Alliance Testifies at the DC Council Committee on Human Services Roundtable on CFSA’s Implementation of Safety and Family Planning Arrangements
DC KinCare Alliance Additional Written Testimony On Educator Background Check Streamlining Amendment Act of 2022
In her testimony, Ms. Spindel raises concerns about DC’s failure to implement the safeguards of the School Safety Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 to ensure sexual predators are not hired by DC public schools.
DC KinCare Alliance Testimony On Educator Background Check Streamlining Amendment Act of 2022
Staff Attorney Caylyn Keller addresses concerns regarding proposal to provide for expungements of substantiated allegations of child abuse in as few as three years.
DC KinCare Alliance v. District of Columbia Housing Authority
DC KinCare Alliance, represented by Wiley Rein LLP, filed a federal lawsuit this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the DC Housing Authority for discriminating against kinship caregivers by violating the federal Fair Housing Act, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act, and the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
DC KinCare Testimony on the POCKETT Act
Ms. Spindel testified regarding recommended improvements to the subsidy programs, including a timeframe for processing applications, advance notice of program termination, increasing the subsidy amounts, increasing the income limits for eligibility, as well as payment of the subsidy retroactive to the date of application.
