DC Action Data
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DC child and youth well being data, by Rachel Metz of DC Action
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NEWS: The D.C. Council just rejected an emergency bill that would have extended the summer's expanded youth curfew for another three months. The votes against came from Trayon White, @robertwhitedc.bsky.social, @brianneknadeau.bsky.social, @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social, and @chenderson.bsky.social.
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEWS: The D.C. Council just rejected an emergency bill that would have extended the summer's expanded youth curfew for another three months. The votes against came from Trayon White, @robertwhitedc.bsky.social, @brianneknadeau.bsky.social, @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social, and @chenderson.bsky.social.
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Some relief for D.C.: A new revenue estimate from the city's CFO shows that revenue for the fiscal year ending tonight is $208 million higher than expected, and revenue for the 2026 fiscal year will be up $289 million. Plenty of folks expected the estimate to be negative.
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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And @freedcproject.bsky.social has put together a 2025 Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — check it out at freedcproject.org/schools
Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — Free DC
Families and parent organizations have an important role to play in ensuring schools remain safe, structured, and supportive places for children to learn. This toolkit compiles ideas from education ad...
freedcproject.org
August 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And @freedcproject.bsky.social has put together a 2025 Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — check it out at freedcproject.org/schools
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DC has not had cash bail since 1992.
We’ve been collecting data.
In FY23, 92% of individuals released pretrial were not arrested for a new offense.
www.courtexcellence.org/news-items/2...
We’ve been collecting data.
In FY23, 92% of individuals released pretrial were not arrested for a new offense.
www.courtexcellence.org/news-items/2...
August 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
DC has not had cash bail since 1992.
We’ve been collecting data.
In FY23, 92% of individuals released pretrial were not arrested for a new offense.
www.courtexcellence.org/news-items/2...
We’ve been collecting data.
In FY23, 92% of individuals released pretrial were not arrested for a new offense.
www.courtexcellence.org/news-items/2...
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Over the last week, we've heard countless concerns about harmful federal law enforcement activity in our communities.
I have created an online form where neighbors can anonymously report and document concerning incidents involving federal agents.
Submit reports here: ➡️ bit.ly/4msqJmU
I have created an online form where neighbors can anonymously report and document concerning incidents involving federal agents.
Submit reports here: ➡️ bit.ly/4msqJmU
August 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Over the last week, we've heard countless concerns about harmful federal law enforcement activity in our communities.
I have created an online form where neighbors can anonymously report and document concerning incidents involving federal agents.
Submit reports here: ➡️ bit.ly/4msqJmU
I have created an online form where neighbors can anonymously report and document concerning incidents involving federal agents.
Submit reports here: ➡️ bit.ly/4msqJmU
DCCAPE results are out. Good: progress for nearly every group! Bad: massive gaps remain, and those who we aren't getting to proficiency also have fewer edu opportunities (and in the current political climate even more challenges). To see how your ward's doing go to wearedcaction.org/dc-kids-coun...
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DCCAPE results are out. Good: progress for nearly every group! Bad: massive gaps remain, and those who we aren't getting to proficiency also have fewer edu opportunities (and in the current political climate even more challenges). To see how your ward's doing go to wearedcaction.org/dc-kids-coun...
Tonight!
TUESDAY: Join us for a youth-centered Know Your Rights training.
You’ll get guidance for street encounters, strategies to protect and uplift Black youth, and tools to push back against harmful “crime wave” narratives.
Register: bit.ly/free-dc-youth-rights
You’ll get guidance for street encounters, strategies to protect and uplift Black youth, and tools to push back against harmful “crime wave” narratives.
Register: bit.ly/free-dc-youth-rights
August 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Tonight!
From a HUD lit review: "Sweeps of encampments do little to...resolve the problem of encampments...Clearance with little or no support may actually reduce the likelihood that people will seek shelter because it erodes trust and creates an adversarial relationship" www.huduser.gov/portal/sites...
www.huduser.gov
August 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
From a HUD lit review: "Sweeps of encampments do little to...resolve the problem of encampments...Clearance with little or no support may actually reduce the likelihood that people will seek shelter because it erodes trust and creates an adversarial relationship" www.huduser.gov/portal/sites...
Even without Trump militarizing District law enforcement, Black children were already disproportionately policed. Black youth under 18 were stopped at > 10x the rate of their white peers. Police also searched Black youth under 18 far more often than they did white youth: 935 compared to just 6. 1/3
August 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Even without Trump militarizing District law enforcement, Black children were already disproportionately policed. Black youth under 18 were stopped at > 10x the rate of their white peers. Police also searched Black youth under 18 far more often than they did white youth: 935 compared to just 6. 1/3
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Want to support DC residents? Call these Coucilmembers today:
CM Christina Henderson - (202) 724-8105 office
CM Matt Frumin - (202) 724-8062 office
CM Robert White - (202) 727-8174 office
Tell them to vote in support of Parker's amendment to raise revenue via capital gains.
CM Christina Henderson - (202) 724-8105 office
CM Matt Frumin - (202) 724-8062 office
CM Robert White - (202) 727-8174 office
Tell them to vote in support of Parker's amendment to raise revenue via capital gains.
Today is the second reading of the budget, and it's past time for our council to seriously consider revenue raisers to protect the citizens of DC during these increasingly difficult times.
July 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Want to support DC residents? Call these Coucilmembers today:
CM Christina Henderson - (202) 724-8105 office
CM Matt Frumin - (202) 724-8062 office
CM Robert White - (202) 727-8174 office
Tell them to vote in support of Parker's amendment to raise revenue via capital gains.
CM Christina Henderson - (202) 724-8105 office
CM Matt Frumin - (202) 724-8062 office
CM Robert White - (202) 727-8174 office
Tell them to vote in support of Parker's amendment to raise revenue via capital gains.
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Chairman Mendelson circulated an amendment to the budget last night to pull back $30M in appropriations.
Join us in making phone calls to the Chairman's office (202-724-7002) ASAP asking them to preserve ECE funds.
Join us in making phone calls to the Chairman's office (202-724-7002) ASAP asking them to preserve ECE funds.
Today is the final vote in the D.C. Council on the 2026 budget, but lawmakers are starting with a $30 million problem. And to add some drama to the moment, @chmnmendelson.bsky.social says he is proposing an amendment to address that problem... but "under duress."
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Chairman Mendelson circulated an amendment to the budget last night to pull back $30M in appropriations.
Join us in making phone calls to the Chairman's office (202-724-7002) ASAP asking them to preserve ECE funds.
Join us in making phone calls to the Chairman's office (202-724-7002) ASAP asking them to preserve ECE funds.
DC Council still has time to keep 26k adults from losing Alliance health coverage and 6k children in ICP from having health coverage reduced. If you want to brush up on what those programs are before you contact councilmembers check out our snapshot: wearedcaction.org/publications...
July 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
DC Council still has time to keep 26k adults from losing Alliance health coverage and 6k children in ICP from having health coverage reduced. If you want to brush up on what those programs are before you contact councilmembers check out our snapshot: wearedcaction.org/publications...
🚨 Before Congress’s Medicaid cuts take effect late 2026, DC Council plans to shift many #WashingtonDC residents off #Medicaid. About 10% won’t qualify for the alternative and must fend for coverage on the Exchange. Learn more about Medicaid at wearedcaction.org/publications...
Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
wearedcaction.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨 Before Congress’s Medicaid cuts take effect late 2026, DC Council plans to shift many #WashingtonDC residents off #Medicaid. About 10% won’t qualify for the alternative and must fend for coverage on the Exchange. Learn more about Medicaid at wearedcaction.org/publications...
One of the many blows to children and families is the plan to reduce medical insurance for immigrant children (no longer covering any specialist visits) and cutting healthcare entirely for most adult immigrants. Email the Council about this now at actionnetwork.org/letters/inve...
Anti-Poverty Leaders' Letter to the DC Council: "We are Deeply Alarmed"
We, the undersigned, write to you as leaders of long-standing organizations that work to meet the needs of DC residents with low incomes.
www.dcfpi.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One of the many blows to children and families is the plan to reduce medical insurance for immigrant children (no longer covering any specialist visits) and cutting healthcare entirely for most adult immigrants. Email the Council about this now at actionnetwork.org/letters/inve...
NEW: Leaders from 20 local anti-poverty orgs sent a letter to Council to raise alarm about the proposed DC budget and the long-lasting harm it will cause to the poorest residents. www.dcfpi.org/nonprofitlea...
July 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
NEW: Leaders from 20 local anti-poverty orgs sent a letter to Council to raise alarm about the proposed DC budget and the long-lasting harm it will cause to the poorest residents. www.dcfpi.org/nonprofitlea...
This week,
@CouncilofDC
committees adopted revisions to the Mayor’s proposed FY26 budget. We want to thank CMs for the many positive changes they made for children, youth, and families - but there is still A LOT of work to be done in the days ahead. 🧵
@CouncilofDC
committees adopted revisions to the Mayor’s proposed FY26 budget. We want to thank CMs for the many positive changes they made for children, youth, and families - but there is still A LOT of work to be done in the days ahead. 🧵
June 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This week,
@CouncilofDC
committees adopted revisions to the Mayor’s proposed FY26 budget. We want to thank CMs for the many positive changes they made for children, youth, and families - but there is still A LOT of work to be done in the days ahead. 🧵
@CouncilofDC
committees adopted revisions to the Mayor’s proposed FY26 budget. We want to thank CMs for the many positive changes they made for children, youth, and families - but there is still A LOT of work to be done in the days ahead. 🧵
Tell DC Council to stand against the Mayor "saving money" by cutting coverage for sick kids to see specialists and cutting healthcare for thousands of parents! Sign the Alliance/ICP letter at actionnetwork.org/letters/inve...
June 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tell DC Council to stand against the Mayor "saving money" by cutting coverage for sick kids to see specialists and cutting healthcare for thousands of parents! Sign the Alliance/ICP letter at actionnetwork.org/letters/inve...
Not hyperbole, the estimate is 51k dead each year from the health care cuts - ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
June 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not hyperbole, the estimate is 51k dead each year from the health care cuts - ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
Estimates from @itep.org show the wealthiest 1% of DC residents getting a $37k tax cut each year in the Senate reconciliation bill, which is also estimated to cut health care to 16 million people. They're killing people so the rich get richer
itep.org/analysis-of-...; www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
itep.org/analysis-of-...; www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
June 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Estimates from @itep.org show the wealthiest 1% of DC residents getting a $37k tax cut each year in the Senate reconciliation bill, which is also estimated to cut health care to 16 million people. They're killing people so the rich get richer
itep.org/analysis-of-...; www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
itep.org/analysis-of-...; www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Grateful to the Youth Committee for finding some money to try reinstate DC's Child Tax Credit, and hope the Committee of the Whole finds the rest of the funding needed to do so
June 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Grateful to the Youth Committee for finding some money to try reinstate DC's Child Tax Credit, and hope the Committee of the Whole finds the rest of the funding needed to do so
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“The school setting has many of the standard areas we think of as learning: science, math, reading. But a lot of important learning happens in out-of-school time. Things like social skills, leadership, and a lot of interest development.”
Out-of-school programs play an outsized role in child development
New research shows that OST programs are more important than policymakers and parents realize.
youthtoday.org
June 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“The school setting has many of the standard areas we think of as learning: science, math, reading. But a lot of important learning happens in out-of-school time. Things like social skills, leadership, and a lot of interest development.”
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Where a child grows up shapes their access to opportunities. Some states have made gains in graduation rates or reducing concentrated poverty, but every state still has work to do. The 2025 KIDS COUNT® Data Book shows both progress and persistent challenges, state by state. See how your state ranks.
2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book
Explore the 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book, with child well-being state-level data in four areas: economic stability, education, health and family/community…
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June 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Where a child grows up shapes their access to opportunities. Some states have made gains in graduation rates or reducing concentrated poverty, but every state still has work to do. The 2025 KIDS COUNT® Data Book shows both progress and persistent challenges, state by state. See how your state ranks.
This is part of why we were so glad DC passed its own Child Tax Credit, and are saddened that it's cut in the mayor's proposed budget
“Studies show that more generous state policies around cash benefits — such as tax credits, minimum wage, welfare payments or health care — are linked to lower rates of child maltreatment, and child neglect in particular.”
Poverty, Neglect, and Finding the Right Answers
It’s time for policymakers, advocates, clinicians and researchers to recognize the broad role that poverty plays in neglect.
imprintnews.org
June 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is part of why we were so glad DC passed its own Child Tax Credit, and are saddened that it's cut in the mayor's proposed budget
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On the line is the well-being of 141,000 DC residents, half of these households are in Ws 7&8, 47% have a member w/disability, 43% have children, 37% have older adults. 9/
June 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On the line is the well-being of 141,000 DC residents, half of these households are in Ws 7&8, 47% have a member w/disability, 43% have children, 37% have older adults. 9/