Please Note: We are a nonprofit, charitable legal services organization. We are not affiliated with the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) or CFSA's Kinship Navigator.

We are a nonprofit, legal services organization. We are not affiliated with the DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) or CFSA's Kinship Navigator.

Read Marie Cohen’s Blog Post: “CFSA’s Internal Child Fatality Report Leaves Out More than Half of Dead Children Known to System”

In her blog, she highlights a number of deficiencies with CFSA’s recently release 2019 internal child fatality report, including that CFSA has chosen to publish data on only 13 of 33 cases reviewed in 2019, greatly reducing the utility of the report.

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DC KinCare Alliance works to support relative caregivers who raise DC’s most vulnerable and at-risk children whose parents are not able to care for them for reasons including: death, incarceration, homelessness, substance use or mental health disorders, abuse or neglect, detainment or deportation. We empower relatives to care for these children by providing legal representation, education, and advocacy for the whole family.

Read Marie Cohen’s Blog Post: “CFSA’s Internal Child Fatality Report Leaves Out More than Half of Dead Children Known to System”

Read Marie Cohen’s Blog Post: “CFSA’s Internal Child Fatality Report Leaves Out More than Half of Dead Children Known to System”

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Executive Director Marla Spindel With a Special Message About Kinship Care Month and the DCKC Annual Benefit

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