The DC Supporting Families Community of Practice (SF CoP) is a group of family members, advocates with disabilities, government leaders, disability advocacy and services professionals, and other interested community members who are working together on how best support DC families that include a member with an intellectual or developmental disability across the life span. The...
AJE understands that some of our families have questions about the End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. With so many different components to the End of Covid-19 Public Health Emergency we have shared this graphic from Family Voices that highlights the important need to know information. We hope this helps to clear up some confusion...
As many families know, OSSE continues to struggle to transport students to school and has shared that parents will be reimbursed if your student’s bus is listed here and you wish to self-transport or utilize ride-share. If your child has experienced routine service delays this year, OSSE has also shared that you are eligible for parent reimbursement. Parent...
The DC Supporting Families Community of Practice (SF CoP) is a group of family members, advocates with disabilities, government leaders, disability advocacy and services professionals, and other interested community members who are working together on how best support DC families that include a member with an intellectual or developmental disability across the life span. The...
As many families know, OSSE continues to struggle to transport students to school and has shared that parents will be reimbursed if your student’s bus is listed here and you wish to self-transport or utilize ride-share. If your child has experienced routine service delays this year, OSSE has also shared that you are eligible for parent reimbursement. Parent...
Neighborhood Legal Service Program (NLSP) will conduct a free Criminal Record Sealing clinic later this week, on Thursday, May 18th, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, at Benning/Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library. During the clinic, lawyers from NLSP will share information about changes to D.C.’s record sealing and expungement law. Attendees will be able to...
The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center’s next Advice & Referral Clinic will take place on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Our clinic will operate IN-PERSON from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m and will be held at: Bread for the City’s Michelle Obama SE Center 1700 Good Hope Road SE Washington, DC (Masks are required) You will be...
AJE understand the importance of independence especially when it come to deciding where to live. Which is why were are pleased to share this information from The Administration for Community Living. The Administration for Community Living was created around the fundamental principle that older adults and people of all ages with disabilities should be able to...
NOTE: The application deadline is May 7 at 11:59pm DC Public Schools is looking for parents and caregivers from across all eight wards to join Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee’s Parent Advisory Board for the 2023 – 2024 School Year. The Advisory Board provides a space, on a monthly basis, for parents to receive timely updates...
If Supported Decision Making is part of your self-care plan, or the self-care plan of someone you love, you may want to explore these resources from the Council for Court Excellence. When Adults Need Help Making Decisions and Managing Daily Affairs, explains in non-technical language some of the resources for people in D.C. who, because of illness,...
Mathematica, a non-partisan research organization, is recruiting parents and caregivers of children/adolescents with persistent mental health conditions to participate in a 90-minute virtual focus group in May-June 2023. During the focus group, you will have the opportunity to share how you decide whether tele-health or in-person care is right for your child, and your family’s...
AJE is happy to share information about organizations who may be able to support the families we work with – the DC KinCare Alliance is one such organization. DC KinCare Alliance seeks to support caregivers who raise DC’s most vulnerable and at-risk children (usually grandparents or other relatives) whose parents are not able to care for...
