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Ensuring kids grow up safe, resilient, powerful, and heard. Home to #DCKIDSCOUNT, Under 3 DC, the DC OST Coalition, and the Youth Economic Justice Coalition

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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A landmark Meta settlement delivers $90–$129M to #WashingtonDC. Let's invest every dollar in our young people—mental health supports, out-of-school programs, and spaces to thrive offline. Our children's well-being is not a cost of doing business. Our full statement: wearedcaction.org/about-us/new...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
📢 Tell the Council No Cuts to Child Care! Add $2M to the Pay Equity Fund! We’ve made important progress, but #WashingtonDC still needs long-term funding to protect child care, educator pay, and other important programs that help kids thrive. 🌟 Take action today: bit.ly/4vLfWZl
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
10/10 🎯 Today’s progress reflects what’s possible when residents organize. But one-time fixes aren’t enough. We need a budget that advances equity, stability, and opportunity for DC’s children, youth, and working families permanently. Read our statement: bit.ly/4e0bAYn
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
91% of #WashingtonDC parents are satisfied with summer programming, meaning when families can access it, #AfterschoolWorks. Affordability & transportation remain major barriers, which is why we need to expand OST for all.
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
< half of income-eligible infants and toddlers were enrolled in the child care subsidy program 2019-2023. While enrollment has increased since, many eligible families still don't benefit. Read more: wearedcaction.org/wp-content/u... (1/2)
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We can’t afford to weaken critical supports for young people. DC’s proposed FY27 budget cuts youth homelessness funding by ~12% including $1.53M from Extended Transitional Housing and $755K from Transitional Housing. Restore the cuts. #WashingtonDC youth deserve stability, not setbacks.
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We’re at the Youth Mayoral Candidate Forum with a bunch of our partners and we’re so proud of our young leaders facilitating tonight! Take a look at this student-created guide about the candidates present: www.canva.com/design/DAHCL...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
To eliminate the Pay Equity Fund and further squeeze an already tightened knot on the DC’s Child Care Subsidy Program is cruel to District families doing their best to raise their kids in the city and make ends meet.Our latest poll shows DC voters strongly support fully funding both. bit.ly/47USWh6
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In our new blog, “They Ask For Help, Nearly Two-Thirds Didn’t Get It,” our Deputy Director of Youth Advocacy, Rachel White, breaks down what young people in #WashingtonDC told us about trying to access mental health care and where the system is falling short. @councilofdc ➡️https://bit.ly/4tAo39N
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is a monumental election year for #WashintonDC. Join us to hear directly from Democratic candidates for Mayor & At-Large Council at the Building A District That Cares For All Candidate Forum. 🗓 Mar 29 | 3–5 PM 📍 Festival Center – 1640 Columbia Rd NW ➡️ Register here: bit.ly/4ul12ZE
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
THIS is what advocacy in #WashingtonDC looks like! We joined @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social in sharing their FY27 Budget platform with @councilofdc.bsky.social today, urging councilmembers to raise revenue from those with the most, protect our safety net, and defend DC's self-governance. #WeGotUsDC!!
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Early educators in #WashingtonDC were finally seeing better pay thanks to the Pay Equity Fund, which is now at risk due to budget cuts. But even with the PEF increase, many still can't afford rent, groceries, or childcare for their own kids. Read more: wearedcaction.org/wp-content/u...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Children in #WashingtonDC are facing the highest child poverty rates in over a decade, with 28% now living below the poverty line and major racial disparities. And that doesn't even capture the true cost of raising a family here. Check out our DC KIDS COUNT Report: wearedcaction.org/wp-content/u...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
DCCAPE results are out. Good: progress for nearly every group! Bad: massive gaps remain, and those who we aren't getting to proficiency also have fewer edu opportunities (and in the current political climate even more challenges). To see how your ward's doing go to wearedcaction.org/dc-kids-coun...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
There were also big policing differences between wards. To see the percentage of police stops, searches, arrests, and use of force with children in your ward compared to the share of teens in your ward check out our ward snapshots. Ward 1 is shown here wearedcaction.org/dc-kids-coun...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Even without Trump militarizing District law enforcement, Black children were already disproportionately policed. Black youth under 18 were stopped at > 10x the rate of their white peers. Police also searched Black youth under 18 far more often than they did white youth: 935 compared to just 6. 1/3
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
NEW: Leaders from 20 local anti-poverty orgs sent a letter to Council to raise alarm about the proposed DC budget and the long-lasting harm it will cause to the poorest residents. www.dcfpi.org/nonprofitlea...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This week, @CouncilofDC committees adopted revisions to the Mayor’s proposed FY26 budget. We want to thank CMs for the many positive changes they made for children, youth, and families - but there is still A LOT of work to be done in the days ahead. 🧵
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Tell DC Council to stand against the Mayor "saving money" by cutting coverage for sick kids to see specialists and cutting healthcare for thousands of parents! Sign the Alliance/ICP letter at actionnetwork.org/letters/inve...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Estimates from @itep.org show the wealthiest 1% of DC residents getting a $37k tax cut each year in the Senate reconciliation bill, which is also estimated to cut health care to 16 million people. They're killing people so the rich get richer itep.org/analysis-of-...; www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The FY26 budget cuts $1.6M from youth homelessness programs, putting vital housing and support services at risk. We must restore the youth budget to $22M and require DHS to pay nonprofits up to 50% of grant funds upfront so providers can serve youth without delays.
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
DC’s FY26 budget cuts $1.6M from youth homelessness services. Read our testimony about why these cuts hurt young people at wearedcaction.org/publications... and wearedcaction.org/publications...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Testimony: In FY23, 58,293 children and youth under age 18 were enrolled in SNAP at some point during the year, which represents nearly ½ of all District children! At some point in FY24, 25,370 children lived in households that received TANF benefits.
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Testimony: It’s unacceptable that youth homelessness service providers (+ all DHS contractors & grantees) went without payment for 4+ months this fiscal year. DHS must improve its contracting and payment process to ensure District programs can provide vital services for unhoused youth
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The majority of Americans agree: Cutting Medicaid is wrong. We shouldn’t fund tax breaks for billionaires by taking healthcare away from millions. (Especially those of you living in places with voting members of Congress) Act now to #SaveMedicaid: caring.nu/protect-medicaid-2025!
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Medicaid has a huge role in children's edu by providing $4.5 billion annually to schools nationwide for student health services, supporting safety, academic achievement, and child and educator well-being. Let your delegate/rep knows you demand Congress protects these vital funds! Call 202-224-3121
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
If fed policymakers go through with cutting SNAP and implementing tariffs that cause food prices to go up, more families will be food insecure. In 2024 more than 100k DC area kids (15k just in DC) were food insecure per Capital Area Food Bank hunger-report.capitalareafoodbank.org/report-2024
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Read the rest of the testimony at wearedcaction.org/publications...
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
DC education policy people (including myself) have been grumbling for years about all the data OSSE suppresses in the name of student privacy, but I've never been so glad for laws that bar schools from sharing any information that could come close to violating student privacy.
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It wouldn't be the December season without new ward-level American Community Survey data to use to better understand how children and families in DC's wards are doing! Last week we shared some demographic take-aways, and today we're sharing some economic and other take-aways! 🧵 (1/1)
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DC Action @wearedcaction.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great to have positive news! There aren't state-level results for this survey, but given that the Youth Risk Behavioral Survey shows DC students smoking at lower rates than the national avg (see below), I'm hopeful that once we have 2024 (or later) DC data it'll show fewer youth smoking here, too!
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