4th Quarter - Report

THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA for JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$360,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Emergency Food and Shelter Program (FY 23 Appropriations); Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding (FY 23 Appropriations); Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022; Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program (FY 23 Appropriations); No Hate Act (FY 23 Appropriations);); Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (FY 23 Appropriations); Older Americans Act (FY 23 Appropriations); Child Care Development Block Grant; Behavioral health funding (FY23 Appropriations); Funding for office of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KAREN PAIKIN BARALL —
ELANA BROITMAN —
ELIZABETH CULLEN —
DARCY HIRSH New —
AARON KAUFMAN —
STEPHAN KLINE —
JONATHAN WESTIN —

Contacted: White House Office; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Administration on Aging; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Charitable tax and donor advised fund issues; Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act; Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act; Legacy IRA Act; Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act; Achieving A Better Life (ABLE) Age Adjustment Act; Earned Income Tax Credit; Child Tax Credit; Employee Retention Tax Credit, Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) 2.0 Act; Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
ELIZABETH CULLEN —
DARCY HIRSH New —
AARON KAUFMAN —
STEPHAN KLINE —
JONATHAN WESTIN —

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Health Issues HCR

Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage Rate Public Health Emergency Legislation and Regulatory Implementation; telehealth including the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021; the Telemental Health Care Access Act; crisis response, mobile behavioral health crisis response,; suicide prevention and the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act implementation; Parity Implementation Assistance Act; Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021; Improving Access to Mental Health Act; Promoting Effective and Empowering Recovery Services in Medicare (PEERS) Act of 2021; Medicaid Bump Act; mental health parity in Medicare and Medicaid; Strengthen Kids Mental Health Now Act and Invest in Kids Mental Health Now Act; Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting reauthorization; Stabilize Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program Coverage Act of 2021; Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (Helping MOMS) Act and health equity; American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 implementation; Federal Catastrophic Long-Term Care Insurance Legislation; Home- and Community-Based Services funding provided to states; Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act; and the Childrens Health Insurance Program permanent authorization; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant; and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act implementation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
ELIZABETH CULLEN —
DARCY HIRSH New —
AARON KAUFMAN —
JONATHAN WESTIN —

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicaid Reform; Permanent authorization for Money Follows the Person demonstration; Permanent authorization for the Spousal Impoverishment Protection for Home- and Community-Based Services; American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 implementation; behavioral health information technology funding; Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (Helping MOMS) Act and health equity; permanent authorization of 1-year postpartum Medicaid coverage, and health equity; Medicaid & Public Health Emergency Legislation and Regulatory Implementation; the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021; the Telemental Health Care Access Act; Telehealth Improvement for Kids Essential Services (TIKES) Act; crisis response, mobile behavioral health crisis response; Stabilize Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program Coverage Act of 2021; Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021; Improving Access to Mental Health Act; Promoting Effective and Empowering Recovery Services in Medicare (PEERS) Act; Medicaid Bump Act; ensuring mental health parity in Medicare and Medicaid; Strengthen Kids Mental Health Now Act and Invest in Kids Mental Health Now Act; Medicaid Home and Community-Based Funding; Childrens Health Insurance Program permanent authorization; and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act implementation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
ELIZABETH CULLEN —
DARCY HIRSH New —
AARON KAUFMAN —
JONATHAN WESTIN —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Welfare WEL

The Emergency Food Assistance Program; Emergency Food and Shelter Program; Older Americans Act programs; Earned Income Tax Credit; Child Tax Credit; Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program; American Rescue Plan Act implementation; ABLE Age Adjustment Act; SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act; and SSI Restoration Act; Respect for Marriage Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
ELIZABETH CULLEN —
AARON KAUFMAN —
STEPHAN KLINE —
JONATHAN WESTIN —

Contacted: SENATE; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Administration on Aging

Homeland Security HOM

Homeland Security Appropriations; Nonprofit Security Grant Program; Antisemitism & related Homeland Security matters; Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022; Resources for Emergency and Security Infrastructure Logistics in Every Neighborhood to Curb Extremism (RESILIENCE) Act;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KAREN PAIKIN BARALL New —
ELANA BROITMAN —
DARCY HIRSH New —

Contacted: White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Education EDU

Child Care Development Block Grant; Universal Pre-K

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
DARCY HIRSH —

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Foreign Relations FOR

Middle East Partnership for Peace Act Appropriations (FY 23), DEFEND Act of 2022; support for Iron Dome funding; Funding for office of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
DARCY HIRSH —

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Immigration IMM

Ukrainian refugee admissions and resettlement; Afghan Adjustment Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
DARCY HIRSH —

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Antisemitism; Jabara-Heyer No Hate Act Appropriations; International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Definition of Antisemitism; Respect for Marriage Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN —
DARCY HIRSH —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.