D.C.’s Child and Family Service Agency, along with Partners for Kids and Families, are collecting brand-new luggage for foster youth in a program called “Bags for Dignity.”

For too long, kids and teens in foster care had to pack their clothes and belongings in trash bags. That is, until last year when the Luggage for All Youth in Foster Care Amendment Act of 2024 , also known as “Lisa’s Law,” was passed.

The “Lisa” in Lisa’s Law is a real person — Lisa Cohen, who was born into foster care along with her four brothers. She spearheaded a campaign to raise money to get luggage for D.C.’s foster youth during her term as president of the Rotary Club of D.C.

“I went through 13 different placements during my childhood,” Cohen said. “The thing that stuck with me was the fact that every singl

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