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Zoning Commission adopts amendment to let CFSA group homes serve foster youth to age 21
Summary
The Zoning Commission approved final action on zoning case No. 24-19 on May 1, 2025, adopting a text amendment to Subtitle B §100.2 to explicitly include foster children under age 21 within the definition of “child” for youth residential care homes.
The Zoning Commission approved final action on zoning case No. 24-19 on May 1, 2025, adopting a text amendment to Subtitle B §100.2 to explicitly include foster children under age 21 within the definition of “child” for youth residential care homes. The motion passed by a roll-call vote of 5-0.
The change, requested by the DC Child and Family Services Agency, aligns the zoning definition with the Youth Residential Facility Licensure Act and was designed to remove a zoning-related barrier that had prevented the Department of Buildings from issuing occupancy/ licensing letters for facilities serving foster youth older than 18. Tanya Torres Trice, interim director of the DC Child and Family Services Agency, told the commission the discrepancy discovered in 2023 left CFSA unable to license group homes for older foster youth despite the licensure act allowing care through age 21.
"Failure to amend the zoning definition will create a crucial shortage of placements for our older foster…
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