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Zoning commission approves emergency action to align youth residential definition with CFSA rules
Summary
The Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to take emergency action and set down a text amendment that would allow youth residential care homes to house foster youth up to age 20 while the rulemaking proceeds to hearing.
The Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to take emergency action and set down a proposed text amendment from the District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) that would change the zoning definition of “youth residential care home” to reflect CFSA practice of treating some foster youth up to age 20 as children.
Office of Planning senior staff Maxine Brown Roberts told the commission the amendment would change Subtitle B §100.2 to allow that “children to age 20 years are in the custody of CFSA” for the purposes of licensing and zoning. She said the amendment would align zoning with CFSA licensing and the Department of…
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