• Biden Administration NPRM on child welfare S. 2837 - Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth (Casey) S. 2836 - Foster Youth and Mental Health Act (Casey) S. 2849 - Fostering Success in Higher Education Act (Casey) HR 4531 - The Support Act -- provision related to Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs) and the Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion HR 3852 - Create Accountable Respectful Environments (CARE) for children Act (Dunn) HR 5028 - Family Poverty is Not Child Neglect Act (Moore) Parental rights and gender-affirming care as it relates to foster care and CAPTA Reauthorization of Title IV-B of the SSA Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Interaction between Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) with Qualified Residential Treatment programs (QRTPs) -- HR 4056 H.R. 1446/S. 699 -- The Foster Youth and Driving Act Ensuring that children and youth in foster care have access to a Social Security Card H.R 4282 -- to protect individuals with disabilities who are parents, legal guardians, relatives, other caregivers, foster or adoptive parents, or individuals seeking to become foster or adoptive parents from discrimination on the child welfare system Issues associated with the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA Mental and behavioral health issues for children and youth in foster care Issues associated with the SNAP program S. 3196 -- Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act HR 2428 the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act HR 3058 the Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023 S. 3098 to expand the replacement of stolen EBT benefit under SNAP HR 7010 Increasing Access to Foster Care Through Age 21 Act (Chu) HR 7038 Guaranteed Income for Foster Youth Act (Garcia)
• Reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act H.R. 204 (Rep. David Rouzer - R- NC 07) Extension of funding for SNAP and TANF in legislative vehicles to fund government agencies S. 3741 and HR 6918 -- Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act which would prohibit the Biden Administration from prohibiting the use of TANF funds for certain pregnancy centers
• General monitoring of the Appropriations process -- including Continuing Resolutions HR 4366 -- the Continuing Resolution "Minibus"
• Medicaid "unwinding" as a result of the end of the Public Health Emergency Act H.R. 1201 Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act (Rep. Grace Napolitano D-CA- 31) HR 4056 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Foster Care Act of 2023 (Rep Bilirakis) HR 4531 the Support Act (Energy and Commerce Committee)

Duration: June 22, 2021 to present

General Issues: Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption, Welfare, Government Issues, Health Issues

Spending: about $395,000 (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 2021: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), White House Office, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)