Category: Advocacy

by Zack Mason in Legal Clinic, Public Benefits, Testimonies,

Ensuring Efficiency and Accountability: Bread for the City’s Testimony on DHS Public Benefits Management

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.

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Testimony Supporting a Just DC Tax System

Insights and Recommendations for Economic Security and Mobility

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by BFC in Advocacy, Public Benefits, Testimonies,

Continued Challenges: DC Access System and Public Benefits Enrollment

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.

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by BFC in Advocacy, Public Benefits, Testimonies,

Testimony on Public Benefits Access System by BFC Attorney Allison Miles-Lee, Bread for the City

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.

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by Molly Crabb in Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Housing Crisis,

Unpacking Safety: Why DC’s Budget Cuts Are a Community Concern

DC budget cuts are an issue of safety, and the DC community deserves better.

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Bread for the City’s CEO George Jones Testifies in Support of Reparations Foundation Fund and Task Force Establishment Act of 2023

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.

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