REBECCA SHIPP

Improved access to needs navigation services for chronically ill patients and their families Medicaid "unwinding" as a result of the end of the COVID Public Health Emergency Mental and behavioral health parity

Biden Administration NPRM on child welfare Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act Improved process to secure Social Security Cards for children in foster care H.R. 8713 (Kamlager-Dove) S. 4629 (Gillibrand) 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 programs in Title IV-B of the Social Security Act H.R.8743 - To amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote permanency for youth by strengthening support networks for children, youth, and families at risk of entering the child welfare system. H.R.8745 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve the monthly caseworker visits program so States can invest in the child welfare workforce ensuring that children in care have access to quality and timely care. H.R.8793 - To gather data on adoptions from foster care and assess the effectiveness of post-adoption services and resources provided to the families, in order to identify gaps in accessible services and inform strategic investments and improve outcomes for adopted children and their families. H.R.8798 - To amend subpart 2 of part B of the Social Security Act to promote community-based prevention services, and for other purposes. H.R.8813 - Preventing Child Welfare Entry Caused by Poverty Act H.R.8814 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a competitive grant program to enhance the ability of evidence-based child welfare programs to meet the research standards set by the Family First Prevention Services Clearinghouse, and for other purposes. H.R.8814 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a competitive grant program to enhance the ability of evidence-based child welfare programs to meet the research standards set by the Family First Prevention Services Clearinghouse, and for other purposes. H.R.8885 - To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a grant program to promote Federal, State, and local coordination to address substance use needs of families in the child welfare system, in order to improve child well-being and permanency. H.R.8890 - To reauthorize the Regional Partnership Grant program under subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act for 5 years, and for other purposes

General monitoring of the Budget and Appropriations process -- including Continuing Resolutions

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)

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

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)

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