Category: Testimonies
Bread for the City Legal Client Testifies in Support of Access to Justice Funding
I’m urging the D.C. Council to continue funding free legal services like those Bread for the City provides. Without them, people like me — people who don’t have the resources to hire an attorney — will face the system completely alone. And no one should have to do that.
Economic Security Team Testifies in Support of Expanded Child Tax Credit
Brittany Pope and Daisy Gomez Palacios testified in support of an expanded and enhanced Child Tax Credit, which would lessen DC's child poverty rate and give power back to families.
CEO George Jones Testifies on Medicaid Changes and Alliance Cuts
"Let’s ensure every resident can access the care they need to live with dignity and health."
Tracy Davis Testifies in Support of Protecting DC’s Sanctuary Status
Attorney Tracy Davis testified in support of Sanctuary City status, which Mayor Bowser has proposed to eliminate in her 2026 budget proposal.
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.
Testimony Supporting a Just DC Tax System
Insights and Recommendations for Economic Security and Mobility
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.
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.
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.
Bread for the City CEO George Jones and Legal Clients Testify to Support Access to Justice Initiative Funding
Bread for the City CEO George Jones testifies to support increased funding to the Access to Justice Initiative.