DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb
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- NEW: We just released our 2025 Impact Report. Every year, we update DC residents about our work fighting for them as the independent Office of the Attorney General. In a year where every dollar mattered, OAG secured $906.8 million in savings and benefits for the District and its residents.
- Our top priority is keeping DC residents safe. In 2025, OAG improved public safety by supporting crime victims, defending the District's gun laws, prosecuting juvenile crime, closing illegal cannabis shops, holding reckless drivers accountable, and advancing legislation to reduce youth recidivism.
- We also expanded our efforts to support children and families in DC. OAG collected and distributed child support for 50,000 children, placed 147 children from our foster system in permanent homes, worked to reduce school truancy, and engaged hundreds of young people with impactful youth programs.
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View full thread2025 marked a decade since the Office of the Attorney General became an independent, elected position that is directly accountable to DC residents. We will keep working every day to uphold Washingtonians' trust and defend our rights, safety, and self-governance. OAG 2025 IMPACT REPORT:
- The proposed cuts to the Washington Post Metro Section should alarm every DC resident. Local Post reporters play an indispensable role informing the public, elevating community voices, covering crises, and holding power to account. The Washington Post should cover Washington. #SaveThePost
- Child support payments should support children. That is the driving principle for a set of reforms to the District's child support system that we are proposing. Once enacted, some of DC's most vulnerable families will get precious dollars that previously funded operational costs.
- NEW: We are proposing long-overdue reforms to the District's child support system. These reforms will ensure that every cent parents pay in child support directly benefits kids — not fund operational costs. Once implemented, vulnerable families in DC will get a much-needed increase in support.
- In the current system, part of the child support payments collected for families that receive TANF are withheld. These funds then cover operational costs of child support collection by DC and the federal government. That means TANF families only get part of their child support intended for them.
- This is known as a “cost-recovery model.” But this system makes non-custodial parents less likely to pay child support, diverts resources to debt collection, and reduces aid for low-income families that need it. To qualify for TANF assistance, a family of four must make less than $13,000 a year.
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