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 BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING ON Fiscal Year 2026 Budget for Office of the Ombudsperson for Children and Child and Family Services Agency Thursday, May 29, 2025, 10:30 a.m. Room 120 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 Panel 1: 1. Olivia Chase 2. Shirley Smith* 3. Cierra Bailey 4. Kristina Fleming COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Panel 2: 5. Jamarri Kane-White 6. Senora Akoma 7. Princess Sims 8. Yesmine Holmes Panel 3: 9. Dante Massey 10. Robert Vinson Brannum Ward 5 Leadership Council Public Safety Committee 11. Rita Gray* 12. Grace Birth* Panel 4: 13. Ebony Coward* 14. Danielle Howard* 15. Morgan Hicks* 16. Kenji Collins* Panel 5: 17. Ralph Belk The National Center for Children and Families 18. Fernanda Ruiz Mary’s Center 19. Thomas Selishev The Family Place, Inc. 20. Shandell Richards Horton’s Kids Panel 6: 21. Susan Punnett Family and Youth Initiative 22. Najiba Hlemi Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center 23. Leah Castelaz Children’s Law Center 24. Tami Weerasingha-Cote Children’s Law Center Panel 7: 25. Clarence Miles Uniting Our Youth 26. Star Short DC Girls’ Coalition 27. Kristi Matthews-Jones DC Girls’ Coalition 28. Dr. Dawn Sherman Community of Hope 29. Marie Cohen* Child Welfare Monitor Panel 8: 30. Melody Webb Mother’s Outreach Network 31. Maria Jackson Mother’s Outreach Network 32. Magdalena Tsiongas Council for Court Excellence 33. Stephanie McClellan DC KinCare Alliance  COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AFFAIRS AGENDA 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Panel 9: 34. Ticia Cole Collaborative Solutions for Communities 35. Cynthia Carvajal Collaborative Solutions for Communities 36. Roxana Hernandez Collaborative Solutions for Communities 37. Tamara Brooks* Community Family Life Services 38. Nicole Mims* Community Family Life Services Panel 10: 39. Eric Goulet SBOE Ward 3 Representative 40. Joshua Miller Open City Advocates *Virtual IV. GOVERNMENT WITNESSES – OFC & CFSA OFC: 1. Petrina Jones-Jesz, Ombudsperson for Children CFSA: 2. Tanya Torres Trice, Interim Director, Child and Family Services Agency V. ADJOURNMENT