In the Media

ICE has expanded the use of ankle monitors within its Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, impacting employment and encouraging self-deportation.

D.C. currently caps the amount of child support that families receiving government cash assistance can collect at $200 per month. A new bill would halt the practice.

The D.C. Department of Human Services announced that the District will implement new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements beginning May 1st.

With a sweeping civil racketeering lawsuit, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb says the District is seeking to dismantle a decade-long real estate fraud enterprise that left hundreds of D.C. tenants in hazardous conditions.

A new lawsuit targets a family of landlords associated with thousands of code violations and millions of dollars in outstanding fines.

A suit, filed by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, claims a landlord and two of his family members enriched themselves while leaving tenants in squalid, unsafe conditions.

Legal advocates say Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s Child Support Improvement Amendment Act would overhaul D.C.’s child support system to guarantee payments go directly to children, boosting support for the District’s lowest-income families.

Congress passed a short-term spending bill that would give the Social Security Administration $50 million more for customer service, aiming to reduce wait times and keep field offices open.

Good News! Changes have been made to TANF to increase child support pass-through payments from $150 to $200 a month.