Human Services

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 COUNCILMEMBER MATTHEW FRUMIN, CHAIRPERSON, COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, ANNOUNCES A BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING ON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (Public Witnesses Only) Thursday, April 30, 2026 9:00 a.m. Room 123 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 TESTIMONY In-person Public Witnesses 1. Dawn Dalton, Executive Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 2. Micaela Deming, Policy Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 3. Erin Byrne, Data and Evaluation Coordinator, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 4. Nayeli Pelayo, Director of Development and Communications, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 5. Theresa Puhr, Policy and Systems Engagement Coordinator, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 6. Lynn Amano, Director of Advocacy, Friendship Place 7. Jean-Michel Giraud, President and CEO, Friendship Place 8. Karen Cunningham, Executive Director, Everyone Home DC 9. Abby Sypek, Chief of Staff, Everyone Home DC 10. Maria Manansala, State Policy Fellow, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 11. Mychal Cohen, Senior Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 12. Kate Coventry, Director of Legislative Strategy, DC Fiscal Policy Institute 13. Monique Jackson, Public Witness 14. Yesmine Holmes, Public Witness 15. Lara Pukatch, Chief Advocacy Officer, Miriam’s Kitchen 16. Dana White, Director of Advocacy, Miriam’s Kitchen 17. Andy Wassenich, Policy Director, Miriam's Kitchen 18. Derrick Ijames, Public Witness 19. Harry Robertson, Public Witness 20. Cesar Toledo, Executive Director, Wanda Alston Foundation 21. Erin Whelan, Executive Director, SMYAL 22. Rachel White, Deputy Director of Youth Advocacy, DC Action 23. Mary Katherine West, Director of Youth Housing, DC Action 24. Jorge Membreño, Director of Youth Advocacy, DC Action 25. Kelly Sweeney McShane, President & CEO, Community of Hope 26. Afeni Evans, Community Organizer, Fair Budget Coalition 27. Katharine Landfield, Senior Advocacy Strategist, Fair Budget Coalition 28. Shaila Huq, Communications Strategist, Fair Budget Coalition 29. Abel Amene, Policy Fellow, Fair Budget Coalition 30. Maya Brennan, Chief Housing Officer, The Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development 31. Jackie Wright, Social Justice Programs Manager, Foundry UMC 32. Amanda Chesney, Executive Director of Housing and Homeless, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington 33. Portia Robertson Migas, CEO, N Street Village 34. Kris Thompson, CEO, Calvary Women’s Services 35. Wanda Steptoe, Executive Director, New Endeavors by Women 36. Sandra Jackson, President & CEO, House of Ruth 37. Fatima Bah, Chief Program Officer, Calvary Women’s Services 38. Iman Nworisa, Public Witness 39. Tricia Long, Director of Policy and Advocacy, DC KinCare Alliance 40. Joe Palca, Public Witness 41. Elizabeth Holmstead, Volunteer, Foundry United Methodist Church 42. Sandra Benavente, Advocacy Manager, Ayuda 43. Curtis Robinson, Public Witness 44. Gabrielle Majewski, Executive Director, DC Affordable Law Firm 45. Leah Castelaz, Senior Policy Attorney, Children’s Law Center 46. Makenna Osborn, Senior Policy Attorney, Children's Law Center 47. Molly Catchen, Legal Aid DC 48. Jessica Berger, Legal Aid DC 2 49. Jillean Workman, Legal Aid DC 50. Krittika Ghosh, Executive Director, Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project 51. Amatullah Shabazz, Director of Program Operations & Reporting, My Sister’s Place 52. Sophia Bos-Shadi, Coalition Organizer, Fair Budget Coalition 53. Sanyukta Deshmukh, District of Columbia American Academy of Pediatrics 54. LaMonika Jones, Director, DC Hunger Solutions 55. Lydia Guirguis, Intake Manager, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc (DASH) 56. Olubunmi Akinkuowo, Chief Program Officer, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc (DASH) 57. Koube Ngaaje, President & CEO, District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc (DASH) 58. Eduarda Serafim, Solidarity Organizer, DC Jobs With Justice 59. Debby Shore, Executive Director, Sasha Bruce Youthwork 60. Bianca Faccio, Director of Data and Evaluation, Sasha Bruce Youthwork 61. Natalie/Flo White, Case Manager, Sasha Bruce Youthwork 62. Philip Johnson, Legislative Advocacy Fellow, United Planning Organization 63. Ed Lazere, Director of Legislative Advocacy, United Planning Organization 64. Atenas Burrola, Deputy Program Director, Amica Center for Immigrant Rights 65. Elizabeth Clift, Family Services Director, Collaborative Solutions for Communities 66. Morgan Davis, RRHY Program Manager, Collaborative Solutions for Communities 67. Robert Wiggins, Public Witness 68. Audrey Kasselman, Senior Policy Analyst, DC Action 69. Claire Mills, Public Witness 70. Lori Leibowitz, Georgetown Health Justice Alliance 71. Marta Beresin, Georgetown Health Justice Alliance 72. Gbenga Ogunjimi, Executive Director, Nigerian Center 73. Rebecca Dayan, Secretary of Legal Aid DC Union Executive Committee, Legal Aid DC Union , NOLSW Local 2320 UAW 74. Eric Sheptock, Public Witness 75. Chairman Moses, Chairman, DC Commission on Poverty 76. Kaleb Cotton, Public Witness 77. Catherine Crosland, Director of Homeless Outreach Development, Unity Health Care 78. Bruce Finland, Public Witness In-person Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) Witness Trupti Patel, Commissioner, ANC 2A03 3  Virtual Public Witnesses 1. Rachelle Ellison, Public Witness 2. Betty Gentle, Senior Director, Advocacy & Public Policy, SOME, Inc 3. Taylor Bush, Outreach & Advocacy Manager, Georgetown Ministry Center 4. Fen Duarte, Public Witness 5. Stephanie Hawthorne, Senior Director – Rapid Rehousing and Homelessness Prevention Program. Community of Hope 6. Reginald Black, Housing Policy Liaison, Serve Your City Ward 6 Mutual Aid 7. Tylisa Johnson, Public Witness 8. Will Doyle, Vice President of Housing First, Pathways to Housing DC 9. Lorenzo Calender II, Public Witness 10. Jakia Carroll, Public Witness 11. Timothy Armstead, Public Witness 12. Nancy Groth, Public Witness 13. Abel Nunez, Executive Director, Central American Resource Center 14. Darren Pasha, Public Witness 15. Bianca Palmisano, Public Witness 16. Janelle Peoples, Training and Outreach Coordinator, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 17. LaVonne Pepe, Programs Director, DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence 18. Nathaly Hernandez, Housing Program Manager, Latin American Youth Center 19. Kimberly Clisbee, Public Witness 20. Max Broad, Executive Director, DC Voters for Animals 21. Yolanda Price, Public Witness 22. Charity Butler, Public Witness IV. ADJOURNMENT 4