AJE is excited to share that the Spring Cohort of the 2026 Parent Leadership Academy will be starting this week, on April 9th, at 7pm.  This is a virtual cohort. We are still accepting applications for both sessions, and are looking forward to continuing to invest in DC families as we approach our 30th year....

Washington, DC was one of the leading jurisdictions in the U.S to implement language access laws at the local level. Language access was  a priority in Washington, DC, over twenty years ago, with advocacy efforts that led to the passage of the Language Access Act of 2004 (Act). The Act recognizes that District residents who...

On Friday, March 20, AJE’s Community Health Advisory Panel (CHAP) convened to review key changes impacting three critical school-based health systems in Washington, DC: School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs), the School-Based Behavioral Health Program (SBBH), and the School Health Services Program (SHSP). The resulting March 2026 CHAP Advocacy Briefs highlight these system shifts, along with identified...