• John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act and other nondiscrimination protections in the child welfare system for LGBTQ+ youth in care, prospective foster and adoptive parents, and families of origin. Lobbied against ongoing efforts in the House to insert anti-LGBTQ amendments and language into appropriations bill. Where appropriate in other bills, we lobby for nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people and families in government services and programs, schools, the child welfare system, and reproductive healthcare.
• John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act and other nondiscrimination protections in the child welfare system for youth in care, families of origin, and prospective parents. In addition, in general and on an ongoing basis, we support protections for women's bodily autonomy, reproductive freedom, and choice and reproductive freedom (including WHPA);Lobbied in favor of efforts in the Senate to pass the Access to Family Building Act, which establishes a statutory right for an individual to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, such as IVF, and for a healthcare provider to provide ART services.
• John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act and other nondiscrimination protections in the child welfare system for youth in care, families of origin, and prospective parents (particularly those who identify as LGBTQ+). This discrimination is often disguised as "religious liberty." In addition, lobbied against ongoing efforts in the House to insert anti-LGBTQ amendments and language that sometimes are couched as "religious freedom" into appropriations bills.
• Lobbied against ongoing efforts in the House to insert anti-LGBTQ amendments and language into appropriations bills.
• Attended Department of Education convening related to inclusive policies in schools and general nondiscrimination against LGBTQ+ students and students with LGBTQ+ parents in K-12 schools. Lobbied against ongoing efforts in the House to insert anti-LGBTQ amendments and language into appropriations bills.
• Lobbied in favor of efforts in the Senate to pass the Access to Family Building Act, which establishes a statutory right for an individual to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, such as IVF, and for a healthcare provider to provide ART services.

Duration: November 9, 2009 to present

General Issues: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption, Religion, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Insurance, Constitution, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Health Issues, Housing, Government Issues, Immigration, Homeland Security, Veterans, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Defense, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $873,065 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Education - Dept of, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Treasury - Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), State - Dept of (DOS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),, U.S. Senate,, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)