Category: Legal Clinic
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.
Protecting DC’s Immigrant Communities: Know Your Rights and How to Prepare
Mr. Edmondson’s Journey to Reclaim His Identity
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 Responds as D.C. Police Union Moves to Intervene
Today, the D.C. Police Union moved to intervene in Bread for the City v. District of Columbia, a case that challenges the District of Columbia’s practice of sending police officers rather than mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies.
DC Bar Foundation Awards BFC to Support Free Legal Assistance in DC
Bread for the City’s Legal Clinic is proud to announce that we are one of the 2023 recipients of the DC Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice, Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program, and General Support grants.
Need for Survivor-Centered, Trauma-Informed Housing Services for DV Survivors in the District of Columbia
In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, recognizing, inter alia, the right of all persons to safe and affordable housing. The inclusion of housing as a human right correctly centered housing as necessary for several other fundamental facets of life: physical and mental health, access to education, attainment of economic stability, and overall well-being.
Upcoming DC Bar Pro Bono Center Free Advice and Referral Clinic
From April 11 - April 13, the DC Bar Pro Bono Center will offer free legal advice!