Youth Affairs

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 COUNCILMEMBER ZACHARY PARKER, CHAIRPERSON, COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON The Mayor’s Office on African American Affairs Office of the Ombudsperson for Children Child and Family Services Agency Thursday, February 13, 2025, 11:00 a.m. Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building and virtually via Zoom Watch live at: https://dccouncil.gov/hearings/ And https://www.youtube.com/@councilmembe rzacharyparker AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. PUBLIC WITNESSES – MOAAA COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 IV. GOVERNMENT WITNESSES - MOAAA 1. Director Jackie Reyes-Yanes, Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs 2. Steven Walker, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor V. PUBLIC WITNESSES – OFC & CFSA Panel 1: 1. Leah Castelaz Children’s Law Center 2. Tami Weerasingha-Cote Children’s Law Center 3. Tracy Velasquez Council for Court Excellence 4. Ralph Belk The National Center for Children and Families Panel 2: 5. Yesmine Holmes Mother’s Outreach Network 6. Morgan Hicks Mother’s Outreach Network 7. Maria Jackson Mother’s Outreach Network 8. Melody Webb Mother’s Outreach Network Panel 3: 9. Fernanda Ruiz Mary’s Center 10. Carlos Merchan Mary’s Center 11. Luisa Millan Mary’s Center 12. Karen Chicas Mary’s Center COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Panel 4: 13. Jimmy Llanos Mary’s Center 14. Alex Granados Mary’s Center 15. Juan Carlos Chajon Mary’s Center 16. Anderson Betancourt Mary’s Center Panel 5: 17. Christian M. Mary’s Center 18. Elyssa Glickstein Early Childhood Innovation Network 19. Sylvie Bello Cameroon American Council 20. Marie Cohen Child Welfare Monitor Panel 6: 21. Victoria Taplin DC KinCare Alliance 22. Susan Punnett DC Family and Youth Initiative 23. Princess Simms DC Family and Youth Initiative 24. Bernadette Fonkoue DC Family and Youth Initiative Panel 7: 25. Dr. Dawn Sherman Community of Hope 26. Rachel White DC Action 27. Michelle Sewell DC SAFE 28. Darryl Wise Public Witness COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Panel 8: 29. Olivia Chase Public Witness 30. Dante Massey Public Witness 31. Tamara Brooks Public Witness 32. Taniya Rogers Public Witness Panel 9: 33. Brian Bookard Public Witness 34. Christopher Akinbuwa Public Witness 35. Chrysanthe Courniotes Public Witness 36. Zyarre Prince Public Witness Panel 10: 37. Janai Bradley Public Witness 38. Monique Jackson Public Witness VI. GOVERNMENT WITNESSES – OFC & CFSA OFC: 1. Petrina Jones-Jesz, Ombudsperson for Children CFSA: 2. Tanya Torres Trice, Interim Director, Child and Family Services Agency 3. Sharafdeen Ibraheem, Deputy Director, Office of Thriving Families 4. Elizabeth Muffoletto, Deputy Director, Office of Hotline and Investigations COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 5. Ann Reilly, Deputy Director, Office of In-Home and Out-of-Home Care 6. Nicole Gilbert, Deputy Director, Office of Well-Being VII. ADJOURNMENT