In the Media

The Washington Post: Starting June 1, some DC residents who receive SNAP will be subject to new work requirements.

D.C.’s Department of Human Services (DHS) will require able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD) to maintain work or volunteer hours to receive their benefits. The requirements impact those between the ages of 18 and 64.

In her proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year, Mayor Bowser proposed more accelerated cuts to the TANF program, which provides vital financial assistance to low- and no-income residents.

The Washington Post: The U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. last year stopped issuing visas to crime victims who cooperated with police or prosecutors, complicating investigations.

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.

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.

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.