Zack Mason, Medical-Legal Partnership Staff Attorney at Bread for the City, testifies before the DC Council on the Department of Human Services' improvements in public benefits management while urging continued efficiency and accountability to prevent delays that burden clients and the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Insights and Recommendations for Economic Security and Mobility
Bread for the City attorney Allison Miles-Lee had the opportunity to testify at a Council roundtable hearing on the DC Access System, the platform used for public benefits and medical insurance application and processing, and the operations of DHS/DHCF. During her testimony, she highlighted several critical issues that our patients and clients at Bread have been facing. Her full written testimony can be read below.
Bread for the City attorney Allison Miles-Lee had the opportunity to testify at a Council roundtable hearing on the DC Access System, the platform used for public benefits and medical insurance application and processing, and the operations of DHS/DHCF. During her testimony, she highlighted several critical issues that our patients and clients at Bread have been facing. Her full written testimony can be read below.
DC budget cuts are an issue of safety, and the DC community deserves better.
At-large Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, along with the help and support of Councilmembers Trayon White, Sr., Anita Bonds, Robert C. White, Jr., Janeese Lewis George, Zachary Parker, Brianne K. Nadeau, Brooke Pinto, Charles Allen, and Vincent C. Gray, introduced the Reparations Foundation Fund and Task Force Establishment Act of 2023.