As of January 2023, the Council of the District of Columbia's Committee on Facilities and Family Services (https://dccouncil.gov/committees/committee-on-facilities-and-family-services/) oversees the Department on Disability Services (DDS) and has overarching responsibility for many essential issues involving DC's most marginalized residents. Its membership includes:
Janeese Lewis George (Ward 4), chairjlewisgeorge@dccouncil.gov
Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1), immediate past chair
bnadeau@dccouncil.gov
Robert White, Jr. (At-Large)
rwhite@dccouncil.gov
Matthew Frumin (Ward 3)
mfrumin@dccouncil.gov
Zachary Parker (Ward 5)
zparker@dccouncil.gov
George, Nadeau and White were previously on the committee overseeing DDS, but Frumin and Parker are new to the committee and the council.
Other members of the council (https://dccouncil.gov/) are:
Phil Mendelson (Council chair, At-Large)
pmendelson@dccouncil.gov
Brooke Pinto (Ward 2)
bpinto@dccouncil.gov
Kenyan McDuffie (At-Large)
kmcduffie@dccouncil.gov
Charles Allen (Ward 6)
callen@dccouncil.gov
Vincent Gray (Ward 7)
vgray@dccouncil.gov
Trayon White, Sr. (Ward 8)
twhite@dccouncil.gov
Anita Bonds (At-Large)
abonds@dccouncil.gov
Christina Henderson (At-Large)
chenderson@dccouncil.gov
There has been a wholesale rethinking of committee structure in the council this year, but other DC council committees whose deliberations are likely to have a meaningful impact on DC’s developmentally disabled residents have overlapping membership with the CFFS and include:
Phil Mendelson (Council chair, At-Large)
pmendelson@dccouncil.gov
Brooke Pinto (Ward 2)
bpinto@dccouncil.gov
Kenyan McDuffie (At-Large)
kmcduffie@dccouncil.gov
Charles Allen (Ward 6)
callen@dccouncil.gov
Vincent Gray (Ward 7)
vgray@dccouncil.gov
Trayon White, Sr. (Ward 8)
twhite@dccouncil.gov
Anita Bonds (At-Large)
abonds@dccouncil.gov
Christina Henderson (At-Large)
chenderson@dccouncil.gov
There has been a wholesale rethinking of committee structure in the council this year, but other DC council committees whose deliberations are likely to have a meaningful impact on DC’s developmentally disabled residents have overlapping membership with the CFFS and include:
- The Committee on Housing (https://dccouncil.gov/committees/housing-neighborhood-revitalization, chaired by Robert White, with Frumin and Parker as members
- The Committee on Executive Administration and Labor (https://dccouncil.gov/committees/committee-on-executive-administration-and-labor), which handles employment issues and is chaired by Bonds with Frumin and George as members
- The Committee on Health (https://dccouncil.gov/committees/committee-on-health), chaired by Henderson, with Nadeau and Parker as members
- The Committee on Hospital and Health Equity (https://dccouncil.gov/committees/committee-on-hospital-and-health-equity), chaired by Gray, with Frumin and Parker as members The Committee of the Whole (https://dccouncil.gov/committees/committee-of-the-whole), which takes up education issues, including those affecting disabled students, and is chaired by Mendelson and includes the entire council membership
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