Policy and Advocacy
DCVLP uses its one-on-one experience with victims and at-risk children to advocate for better policies, legislation, and increased funding. We are active members of a number of local groups including:
DC Consortium of Legal Service Providers
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Victim Assistance Network (DC Office of Victim Services)
Victim Legal Network of DC
Bill (IFO Amendments)
Click to read the Intrafamily Offenses and Anti-Stalking Orders Amendment Act of 2018, a bill we worked on with the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. We will testify in support of the bill on June 21, 2018.
Testimony
Click on the links below to see, listen, and read to our City Council testimony.