4318069 Pubilc Oversight Roundtable Notice on "The Status of the Evans v. Gray Case and the Department on Disability Services Exit Plan"  

  • Council of the District of Columbia

    Committee on Human Services

    Notice of Public Oversight Roundtable

     

    1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 116, Washington, D.C. 20004

     

                                                                                                               

    THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

    Jim Graham, CHAIRPERSON

     

    ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE ON

     

    The Status of the Evans v. Gray case and

    The Department on Disability Services Exit Plan

     

    Thursday, June 13, 2013 – 11:00 A.M.

                                                               

    Room 123

    THE JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING

    1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.

    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004

     

                On Thursday, June 13, 2013, Councilmember Jim Graham, Chairperson of the Committee on Human Services, will convene a public oversight roundtable on the status of the Evans v. Gray class action litigation and the progress and plans of the Department on Disability Services to come into compliance and exit the longstanding litigation. 

     

    The purpose of the roundtable will be to hear from the Department of Disability Services Director, the Court-Appointed Independent Compliance Monitor and the Court-Appointed Monitor in the case, as well as from all interested stakeholders. 

     

    Those who wish to testify should contact Mr. Malcolm Cameron of the Committee on Human Services by email at mcameron@dccouncil.us or by telephone at (202) 724-8191.  Email contacts to Mr. Cameron should include the residential ward, full name, title, and affiliation -- if applicable -- of the person(s) testifying.  Witnesses should bring 15 copies of their written testimony to the hearing.  Individuals will be permitted 3 minutes for oral presentation -- individuals representing organizations or groups will be permitted 5 minutes.

     

    If you are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be emailed to Mr. Malcolm Cameron at mcameron@dccouncil.us or submitted to the Committee on Human Services at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 116 , Washington, D.C. 20004, by no later than 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 25, 2013, when the official record will close.