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Education EDU

American Rescue Plan Act Implementation.

Contacted: White House Office; Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Administration on Aging

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Charitable tax and donor advised fund issues; The Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act; The Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act; The Legacy IRA Act; The Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act; and Earned Income Tax Credit; Child Tax Credit.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Administration on Aging; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Welfare WEL

Nutrition Programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Legislation promoting social service funding/programs for Holocaust survivors; Emergency Food and Shelter Program and Older Americans Act programs; Earned Income Tax Credit; Child Tax Credit; Violence Against Women Act; Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program; and American Rescue Plan Act implementation.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); White House Office; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Administration on Aging; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

The Mental Health Access Improvement Act; The Improving Access to Mental Health Act; Treatment Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act; The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2019; The ABLE Age Adjustment Act; The Coronavirus Families First Act Implementation; The CARES Act Implementation; Efforts related to increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), specifically the Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act, and to increase the FMAP for Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS); telehealth (audio-only authority/geographic-site restrictions/for mental health and long-term services and supports in the CARES Act and to make permanent in both Medicare and private insurance), including the Telemental Health Care Access Act; crisis response, suicide prevention and The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act implementation; the Parity Implementation Assistance Act (S. 1962); Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Observation Stay); Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Act (S. 2069/H.R. 4323); Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2021 (S. 646/H.R. 1735); The Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (Helping MOMS) Act, The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 implementation; and The Well-Being Insurance for Seniors to be at Home (WISH) Act.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Administration on Aging; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2069 (117th), S. 1962 (117th), H.R. 1735 (117th), S. 646 (117th), H.R. 4323 (117th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Increase in the Medicaid FMAP and long-term or permanent increase in the FMAP for HCBS; The Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act; Medicaid Funding Threats/Reform; permanency for the Money Follows the Person demonstration ; permanency for the Spousal Impoverishment Protection for HCBS; expansion of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Program; Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Ac (S. 2069/HR. 4323)Extending Postpartum Medicaid coverage; Medicare and Medicaid telehealth; Medicaid Retainer Payments / Appendix K Regulatory Issues; implementation of The Coronavirus Families First Act; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2021(S. 646/ HR. 1735) Better Care for Better Jobs Act (S. 2210).

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Administration on Aging; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office

Bills named: S. 2069 (117th), S. 2210 (117th), H.R. 4323 (117th), S. 646 (117th), H.R. 1735 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Emergency Food and Shelter Program (FY 2022 Appropriations); Emergency Food and Shelter Program Southwestern Border Assistance (FY 2022 Appropriations); Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding (FY 2022 Appropriations); Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program (FY 2022 Appropriations); Never Again Education Act (FY 2022 Appropriations); No Hate Act (FY 2022 Appropriations); Special Envoy Antisemitism (FY 2022 Appropriations); Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs;; The Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; The WORK NOW Act; health provider relief; and Behavioral Health funding (FY 2022).

Contacted: Administration for Children & Families (ACF); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Administration on Aging; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Homeland Security HOM

Homeland Security Appropriations; Non-profit Security Grant Program; Emergency Food and Shelter Program; Antisemitism & related Homeland Security matters; The Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act;; The Domestic Terrorism Data Act; The National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act; The Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act, The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act; The Prey Safe Act; and The Resources for Emergency and Security Infrastructure Logistics in Every Neighborhood to Curb Extremism (RESILIENCE) Act.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Administration on Aging; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)