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Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Quoted in DCLine Article About Mayor Bowser Defunding the DC Ombudsperson for Children
The article discusses how Mayor Bowser is using politics to undermine the safety and security of at-risk DC children by defunding and failing to fund in the future the Ombudsperson for Children. By doing so, the Mayor seeks to skirt DC Council oversight of the DC Child and Family Services Agency.
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Quoted in News Article About Expanding the Grandparent and Close Relative Caregiver Subsidies
Important expansion of this critical support for relative caregivers to help keep at-risk DC children safe and stable by making the subsidy available immediately, including godparents and relatives living just over the boarder in Maryland, and relatives who take in children in multi-generational families where the parents live in the home but have a disability.
Executive Director Marla Spindel Recognized by Brown Rudnick as a Woman Trailblazer for Women’s History Month
Read the Q&A with Marla Spindel about what motivates her to do public service, her proudest moment, and the women who inspire her.
DC KinCare Alliance Community Board March 2022 Monthly Meeting
At this meeting, the Community Board discussed ways they can help advocate for an equitable and just budget for DC, and ensure funding for the DC Ombudsperson for Children. Read the testimony of one of our Community Board members on this issue.
Relative Caregiver Community Board Holds February 2022 Meeting
Community Board members agreed on a Position Statement regarding Kinship Navigator Programs.
Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan Quoted in Article on Killers of DC Children Getting Away with Murder
Jonetta Rose Barras discusses the plea bargains reached by the killers of 2 young DC children in her article in The DC Line entitled “Children at risk: Plea bargains bring doubts about whether there’s justice for victims of fatal abuse and neglect.”
Executive Director Marla Spindel and Deputy Director Stephanie McClellan as well as DC KinCare Community Board Quoted in News Series — Still Broken: DC’s Child Welfare System
Jonetta Rose Barras wrote a series of articles in The DC Line about the broken DC child welfare system and how it fails to protect DC’s at-risk children.
DC KinCare Alliance Relative Caregiver Community Board Holds January 2022 Meeting
At it first meeting of January 2022, the Board agreed to submit a Position Statement to the DC Council requesting that the Council hold a vote of all Councilmembers on the appointment of the new Director of the DC Child and Family Services Agency, as it has done with past appointments.
DC KinCare Alliance Announces Creation of Advisory Board
The purpose of the Advisory Board is to formally recognize those individuals who are instrumental to the growth and development of DC KinCare Alliance. Members of the Advisory Board are recognized experts in their fields and strong community partners.