Human Services

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEW FRUMIN, CHAIRPERSON, COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT HEARING ON Department of Human Services Interagency Council on Homelessness (Public Witnesses Only) Wednesday, March 5, 2025 9:30 a.m. Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building and Zoom Virtual Platform Watch live at: https://dccouncil.gov/hearings/ https://www.youtube.com/@cmfrumin AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMOMY In-person Public Witnesses 1. Jose Dugarte, Public Witness 2. Kiara Zavala Meza, Public Witness 3. Diana Lomeli, Public Witness 4. Luis Rojas, Public Witness 5. Yuleimi Duarte, Public Witness 6. Hayden Santos, Public Witness 7. Yank Ayuso, Public Witness 8. Francisco Lara, Case Manager, SMYAL 9. Sierra Barnedo, Program Manager, Rapid Re-Housing and Bilingual Street Outreach, SMYAL 10. Andres Meza, Bilingual Outreach Specialist, SMYAL 11. Makenna Osborn, Policy Attorney, Children’s Law Center 12. Molly Catchen, Supervising Attorney, Legal Aid DC 13. Alethea Etinoff, Administrator, POC Learning Academy, LLC 14. Amanda Eisenhour, Associate Manager, Housing, DC Bar Pro Bono Center 15. Maria Paipa, Senior Director, Woodley House 16. Andria Chatmon, Community Organizer, Empower DC 17. Reginald Black, Housing Policy Liaison, Serve Your City Ward 6 Mutual Aid 18. Kamren Rollina, Chief Operating Officer, DC Children’s Fund 19. Betty Gentle, Senior Advocacy and Community Engagement Specialist, SOME, Inc. 20. Charles Williams, Public Witness 21. Sakthia Marshall, Public Witness 22. George Conway, Public Witness 23. Maurice Williams, Public Witness 24. LaQuisha Spencer, Public Witness 25. Tia Titus, Public Witness 26. Nathan Hunter-el, Public Witness 27. Denise Hunter-el, Public Witness 28. Dana White, Director of Advocacy, Miriam’s Kitchen 29. Andrew Wassenich, Director of Policy, Miriam’s Kitchen 30. Wesley Thomas, Advocacy Fellow, Miriam’s Kitchen 31. Margaret Snow, Anti-Hunger Program Associate, SNAP, DC Hunger Solutions 32. Maya Brennan, Chief Housing Officer, The Coalition 33. Ruqiyyah Anbar-Shaheen, Director of Early Childhood, DC Action 34. Mary Katherine West, Policy Analyst, DC Action 35. Kawanza Billy, Youth Mobilization Manager, DC Action 36. Rachel Metz, Research and Data Manager, DC Action 37. Crystal Robinson, Policy Fellow, DC Action 38. Jorge Membreño, Director of Youth Advocacy, DC Action 39. Koube Ngaaje, District Alliance for Safe Housing (“DASH”) 40. Vaughn Edmeade, Director, Intake and Residential Programs, DASH 41. Olubunmi Akinkuowo, Chief Program Officer, DASH 42. Natalia Otero, Co-founder and Executive Director, DC SAFE 43. Taylor Bush, Advocacy and Outreach Manager, Georgetown Ministry Center 44. Lakisha Beverly, Public Witness 2 Virtual Public Witnesses 1. Haley Hoff, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid DC 2. Zack Mason, Staff Attorney, Bread for the City 3. Amanda Liaw, Public Witness 4. Ariel Maye, Public Witness 5. Pamela Pratt, Public Witness 6. India Highsmith, Public Witness 7. Deborah Shore, Executive Director and Founder, Sasha Bruce Youthwork 8. Lori Leibowitz, Managing Attorney, Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance 9. Will Doyle, Vice President, Housing First, Pathways to Housing DC 10. Kelly Sweeney McShane, President and CEO, Community of Hope 11. Swapna Yeluri, Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly 12. Sunny Desai, Managing Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly 13. Emily Ford, Staff Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly 14. Emem Udofa, Public Witness 15. Victoria Taplin, Managing Attorney, DC KinCare Alliance 16. Marcia Moore, Public Witness 17. Kerri Price, Public Witness 18. Kymberly Holmes, Public Witness 19. Meg Maguire, Public Witness 20. Lynn Amano, Director of Advocacy, Friendship Place 21. Heidi Ellis, Coordinator, DC LGBTQ+ Budget Coalition 22. Marcelline Bradford, Public Witness 23. Buwa Binitie. Public Witness 24. Kristi Mathews-Jones, Director, DC Girls’ Coalition 25. Ramon Bond, Public Witness 26. Micaela Deming, Policy Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 27. Neala Byrnes, Public Witness 28. Bernette Makuson, Public Witness 29. Luchiea Hinnant, Public Witness 30. Bridget Claborn, Director of Strategy and Advancement, DC SAFE 31. Michelle Sewell, Crisis Shelter Director, DC SAFE 32. Monique Malizia, TANF/POWER Coordinator, DC SAFE 33. Kim Harrison, Public Witness 34. Max Broad, Executive Director, DC Veg Week 35. Joshua Drumming, Policy and Advocacy Attorney, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless 36. Jeanette Hathorn, Director of Medical Respite Services, Unity Health Care 37. Erin Whelan, Executive Director, SMYAL 38. Gheladios Gebre, Public Witness 39. Safiyya Phillip, Supervising Social Worker, Rising for Justice 3  40. Rita Everette, Public Witness 41. Rachel Garwin, Public Witness 42. Sasha Williams, Public Witness 43. Marsha Netus, Vice President and Regional Director, America Works of Washington DC 44. Nicholas DelleDonne, President, Dupont East Civic Association 45. Jalil Muhammad, Public Witness 46. Kathy Gibbons, Board Member, Cleveland Park Community Association 47. Kate Coventry, Deputy Director of Legislative Strategy, DC Fiscal Policy Institute Virtual Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Witnesses 1. Nancy Groth, Commissioner, ANC 2C02 2. Jamila White, Commissioner, ANC8A05, Chair, ANC 8A 3. Trupti Patel, Commissioner, ANC 2A03; Chair, ANC 2A IV. ADJOURNMENT 4