Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act

Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169) Implementation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) Water Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety Act (S. 1092/H.R. 2269) Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber Threat Preparedness Act (S. 1118/H.R. 2344) Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act (H.R. 1267) The Water Quality Standards Attainability Act (H.R. 3934) The Confidence in Clean Water Permits Act (H.R. 3897) The Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act (H.R. 3888) The Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act (H.R. 5566) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt transportation on certain ferries from the excise tax on transportation of passengers by water (H.R. 5661) The Water Resources Technical Assistance Review Act (H.R. 3427) The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Establishment Act (H.R. 4733)

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Public Law 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2023, Foster Family Skills Training H.R.8295/S.4659, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2023, Foster Family Skills Training Monitor the following: H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor the following: H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV Foster Care related issues H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title Foster Care related issues Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Child care issues, generally Public Law 117-169, Inflation Reduction Act, Human services

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Monitor the following: H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV Foster Care related issues H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title Foster Care related issues Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Child care issues, generally Public Law 117-169, Inflation Reduction Act, Human services

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Monitor the following: H.R.8295/S.4659, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2023, Child Safety reporting system; and Foster Family Skills Training H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Monitor the following: H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV Foster Care related issues H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title Foster Care related issues Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Child care issues, generally H.R.5376, Build Back Better Act, Human services

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2023, Child Safety reporting system; and Foster Family Skills Training Monitor the following: H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Support for S. 1731, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021. CMS meeting to discuss the future of audiology participation in the Quality Payment Program. Support for reauthorization of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act (H.R. 5661); urge Senate to enhance EHDI legislation that increases authorized funding for both the CDC and HRSA. Support for Ally's Act (H.R. 477/S.41), to mandate private insurance coverage of auditory implant devices (cochlear implants and bone anchored hearing aids) and external sound processors. Support for the Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act (H.R. 3320/S. 1679).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues Monitor the following: H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV Foster Care related issues H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title Foster Care related issues Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Child care issues, generally H.R.5376, Build Back Better Act, Human services

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2022, Foster Care related issues Monitor H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues Monitor H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act, Title IV-E Foster care related issues

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Child welfare issues in general Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act -- included in PL 115-123; in general and specifically referring to the interaction between certain foster care placements and Medicaid law. Reauthorization of Title IV-B of the Social Security Act HR 2611 - Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act S. 2689/HR 5414 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 HR 5661/S. 3078 - Continued State Flexibility to Assist Older Foster Youth Act HR 1658 - To Amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to promote a high-quality workforce in the child welfare system S. 1496 Child Welfare Workforce Support Act HR 1558 - Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021 S. 2638 - Family Strengthening Infrastructure Act HR 5856 -- 21st Century Children and Families Act S. 503 PARENTS Act of 2021 HR 4299 - Foster Care Stabilization Act S. 1927/HR 485 CAPTA Reauthorization S. 1848/HR 3488 - John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act HR 3083 - Foster Youth Mentor Act Monitored the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)-- Monitored the Senate Finance Committee Request for Information on Mental and Behavioral Health Monitored CMS guidance on Medicaid 1115 Waiver specifically serious mental illness/serious emotional disturbance (SMI/SED) and the implications for foster care groups home and interaction with the Institutions for Mental Disease exemption Also monitored the release of the President's FY 2023 Budget

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

Teacher loan forgiveness programs, generally Student loan relief provisions generally, including debt cancellation School Staff Workforce related issues including staff shortages, teacher diversity, teacher preparation and tutoring services Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Improvements and generally H.R.604/S.96, Reopen and Rebuild Americas Schools Act of 2021, Entirety Electric Bus related issues TEACH (Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education) Grant program related issues, generally H.R.2753/S.1247, Teacher Loan Repayment Act (TELORA)(115th Congress) S.995, Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Technical Corrections Act Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act, Draft bill, Teacher loan forgiveness Foster Care, Specifically higher education and The John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) Child Care and Pre-Kindgergarten, generally H.R.3602, Computer Science for All Act of 2021, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) related issues Enforcement of program integrity rules (higher education) H.R.2310/S.966, Climate Change Education, Entirety H.R.729, Strength and Diversity Act, Entirety African American History Act, Entirety H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility to Assist Older Foster Youth, Entirety H.R.1241/S.385, Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2021, Community School related issues H.R.5376, Build Back Better Act (the reconciliation bill), American Families Plan, Higher education provisions; Child care and early education; Universal prekindergarten; Teacher investments; Teaching workforce; Education provisions; Climate generally; and Broadband generally H.R.2987, Teacher Loan Forgiveness Improvement Act of 2021 H.R.6205/S.3360, EDUCARTORS for America Act Students Not Profits Act, in 116th Congress H.R.4724/S.2640 H.R.5984/S.3213, The IDEA Full Funding Act DC voucher/SOAR FY2022 and FY2023 funding H.R.2700, For-Profit College Conversion Accountability Act Monitor the following: Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Broadband E-rate related issues Broadband E-rate related issues, generally H.R.2861/S.1396, Americas College Promise Act H.R.4442, Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2021, School infrastructure and Staffing issues Career and Technical Education related issues S.848, Consider Teachers Act of 2021 H.R.4631, POST GRAD Act S.2237, Community College Student Success Act S.2442, Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act K-12 school discipline guidance Individualized Education Program (IEP) FAQs S.Res.46/H.Res.100, A resolution calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt Re-opening public schools and universities related issues and initiatives H.R.1581/S.127, Build America's Libraries Act H.R.1911, Child Care is Infrastructure Act Rural Education related issues and initiatives Public Law 116-113, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, Implementation H.R.764/S.72, Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers (PACT) Act Department of Education, Title IX Keeping All Students Safe Act, Entirety Student Loan Servicing Reform and Consumer Protection related issues Community College Infrastructure, Draft legislation H.R.4011/S.2125, Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act Borrower defense rule issues Child Care infrastructure, generally S.4277, Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act, Entirety Student Loan Oversight Public Law 117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Healthy Meal Time Act H.R.5750, Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act Coronavirus in Schools Community schools related issues

Title IV-E Foster care related issues, as follows: H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act Monitor H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE

Title IV-E Foster Care related issues, as follows: H.R.5414/S.2689, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 H.R.5661, Continued State Flexibility To Assist Older Foster Youth Act Monitor the following: H.R.4502, The National Adoption and Foster Care Homes Study Act Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Child care issues, generally H.R.5376, Build Back Better Act, Human services

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE

A General federal child welfare policy Access for foster youth to obtain a driver's license (Davis-Bacon bill from 116th Congress --HR 7042 Proposal to help facilitate access to a child welfare specialty plan for health purposes General implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) HR 2611 - Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act S. 2689/HR 5414 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 HR 5376 Build Back Better Act HR 5661/S. 3078 - Continued State Flexibility to Assist Older Foster Youth Act S. 503 PARENTS Act of 2021

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $24,000

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Child welfare issues in general Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act -- included in PL 115-123; in general and specifically referring to the interaction between certain foster care placements and Medicaid law. HR 2611 - Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act S. 2689/HR 5414 Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 HR 5376 Build Back Better Act HR 5661/S. 3078 - Continued State Flexibility to Assist Older Foster Youth Act S. 503 PARENTS Act of 2021 Also monitored and gave input on the development of the reauthorization of Title IV-B of the SSA -- Also monitored the Senate Finance Committee Request for Information on Mental Health Also monitored CMS guidance on Medicaid 1115 Waiver specifically serious mental illness/serious emotional disturbance (SMI/SED) and the implications for foster care groups home and interaction with the Institutions for Mental Disease exemption Also monitored CMS Health Affairs Blog: A Strategic Vision for CHIP and Medicaid

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $36,000

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE