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Witnesses praise OAG programs — Attend truancy mediation, domestic‑worker support and survivor services — and ask for sustained funding
Summary
Community groups and service providers told the committee OAG programs deliver results: Attend mediation reduced unexcused absences in pilot schools, domestic-worker grants and worker-rights enforcement recovered wages, and survivor services helped thousands; witnesses urged continued and increased funding.
Multiple community organizations told the committee OAG programs provide measurable public-safety and social‑service benefits and asked councilmembers to maintain or increase funding.
Alana Eichner, co‑director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, described the OAG‑funded Domestic Worker Employment Rights Program and said the program is "working and it's meeting tremendously important goals for an underserved group of workers." She urged the Council to restore funding cut last year (noting the program fell from $400,000 to $260,000) and recommended keeping at least the current level while aiming to restore full funding.
Attendance and child‑welfare programs also drew praise. OAG's Attend mediation team reported participation and early results: OAG and the committee noted a reported 24.5% reduction in unexcused absences for DCPS students after mediation in the 2023‑24 year; OAG staff said they are building more robust performance metrics for 2024‑25 data. Domestic-violence and survivor-service partners (DC Safe, D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence) also told the committee OAG's Domestic Violence and Special Victims Section provides critical trauma‑informed services and collaborative work on gun relinquishment and extreme risk protective orders.
