Mid-Year Report

THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND for CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND

Period Mid-Year 2007 Filed Aug 13, 2007

Official filing
Firm
THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
Client
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
Income
—
Expenses
$60,000

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S. Con. Res. 21 -- Final Budget Resolution HR3043/S. 1710 -- Labor HHS -- Education & Appropriations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARYLEE ALLEN N/A
BARBARA BEST N/A
KIM BRETTSCHNEIDER N/A
RON BROWDER N/A
ALISON BUIST N/A
JOOYEUN CHANG N/A
CATHERINE CRATO N/A
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN N/A
OLETA FITZGERALD N/A
SUSAN GATES N/A
MARY JOSEPH N/A
JIM KOPPEL N/A
KAREN LASHMAN N/A
SANDY TRUJILLO N/A
LINDSEY WADE N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 21 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th), S. 1710 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

and physical health disorders. Family-Based Meth Treatment Access Act of 2007 (HR 405/S. 884), authorizes comprehensive family-based substance abuse treatment. Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2007 (HR 2073), increases resources for training children's mental helath treatment professionals. Children's Mental Health Parity Act (S. 1337), provides for equal treatment of mental health services under SCHIP. SCHIP reauthorization packages (Clinton/Dingell and Rockfeller/Snowe proposals) All Healthy Children Act (HR 1688/S. 1564), to provide health coverage to all uninsured children and pregnant women. Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007 (S. 1052), authorizes Medicaid funds to be used for nursing home visitation programs. Mental Health Parity Act (S. 558), establishes parity between treatment for mental health and physical health disorders. The Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act (HR 1424), establishes parity between treatment for mental health

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARYLEE ALLEN N/A
BARBARA BEST N/A
KIM BRETTSCHNEIDER N/A
RON BROWDER N/A
ALISON BUIST N/A
JOOYEUN CHANG N/A
CATHERINE CRATO N/A
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN N/A
OLETA FITZGERALD N/A
SUSAN GATES N/A
MARY JOSEPH N/A
JIM KOPPEL N/A
KAREN LASHMAN N/A
SANDY TRUJILLO N/A
LINDSEY WADE N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1337 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th), S. 1564 (110th), S. 558 (110th), H.R. 1688 (110th), S. 884 (110th), H.R. 405 (110th), S. 1052 (110th), H.R. 2073 (110th)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

Amend Title IV-E Training (HR 2314), extends Title IV-E funds to private agency child welfare staff. Kinship Caregiver Support Act (S.661/HR2188), extends federal assistance to kinship care families. Adoption Equality Act (S. 1442), revises eligibility requirements for children with special adoption assistance. Keeping Families Together Act (S. 382/HR 687), preventing parents from having to relinquish custody of their children with emotional disturbances in order to obtain mental health services for them.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARYLEE ALLEN N/A
BARBARA BEST N/A
KIM BRETTSCHNEIDER N/A
RON BROWDER N/A
ALISON BUIST N/A
JOOYEUN CHANG N/A
CATHERINE CRATO N/A
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN N/A
OLETA FITZGERALD N/A
SUSAN GATES N/A
MARY JOSEPH N/A
JIM KOPPEL N/A
KAREN LASHMAN N/A
SANDY TRUJILLO N/A
LINDSEY WADE N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2188 (110th), H.R. 687 (110th), S. 382 (110th), S. 661 (110th), S. 1442 (110th), H.R. 2314 (110th)

Education EDU

Improving Head Start Act (HR 1429) -- reauthorizes Head Start and Early Head Start and highlights abused and neglected children. Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act (S. 1485), amends definition of "independent student" to include youth adopted after age 13. HR 2343/S. 667 -- Education Begins at Home Act, authorizes competitive grants for home visiting programs. Amendments to McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act for extending protections to chilren in out-of-home care. Head Start for School Readiness Act (S.556), reauthorizes Head Start and Early Head Start and highlights abused and neglected children.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARYLEE ALLEN N/A
BARBARA BEST N/A
KIM BRETTSCHNEIDER N/A
RON BROWDER N/A
ALISON BUIST N/A
JOOYEUN CHANG N/A
CATHERINE CRATO N/A
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN N/A
OLETA FITZGERALD N/A
SUSAN GATES N/A
MARY JOSEPH N/A
JIM KOPPEL N/A
KAREN LASHMAN N/A
SANDY TRUJILLO N/A
LINDSEY WADE N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1485 (110th), H.R. 2343 (110th), H.R. 1429 (110th), S. 556 (110th), S. 667 (110th)

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.