Advocates For Justice & Education Inc

The Family-to-Family program through the D.C. Health Information Center (DC HIC) provides support, information, resources, and training to families of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals that serve them. The program provides families with leadership development to be more effective advocates at all levels and to be able to provide informational and emotional support to other families of children with special health care needs. AJE trained 295 families on health care related topics and provided 124 families with emotional support and linkages to community-based services for children and youth with

AJE provides legal services to families in the area of special education, school discipline and school access issues. Legal services are provided in the form of advice and counsel, brief services and extended representation. AJE provided legal services to 424 individuals involving education matters. Specifically, AJE provided advice and counsel, brief services or extended representation to 144 individuals in school discipline/exclusion and education access matters and trained 521 parents on legal rights involving school discipline and special education related topics.

AJE meets the needs of families with children and youth with special needs with various resource and empowerment projects, including a comprehensive resources and services for youth ages 13-26 to secure appropriate transition services. AJE trained 128 youth on transition and self-advocacy and provided 6 youth with leadership development training. AJE also provides leadership development training through advocacy programs such as our Health Equity Project, Parent Ambassador and Parents Building Bridges Programs for 58 parents.