With nationwide support from advocates, the SUPPORT Act, with the FASD Respect Act language included in it, passed the House on June 4th, 2025. The FASD community demonstrated its political will with strong, visible support. This is a major victory! Now that the bill has passed the House, we move on to the Senate. While we don’t Read more
In the January 2024 Policy forum, we rolled out legislative templates that can be used to create a mechanism for states to access federal funding for FASD as it becomes available. You can download the templates, get instructions, and see who else is working on state policy here: State Policy Read more
Great policy is built around need. We’d like to measure that need and use that information to inform policy. Students impacted by prenatal exposure to alcohol and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) often face many challenges in school. Some students with an FASD may qualify for special education services, but Read more
We’re excited to announce that the following businesses and organizations have signed on to a letter of support, endorsing S1800/HR3946 The FASD Respect Act. Check for listings in your state or area and let your lawmakers know about the organizations in your area who think The FASD Respect Act should Read more
A Week Like No Other Advocates, Experts, Researches and Families will gather in Washington DC for a week of workshops, information sharing, celebration and advocacy. Join FASD United at our nations capitol September 18th-21st, 2023 for National FASD Impact Week. Learn, collaborate and advocate with the FASD community during this Read more
FASD United is thrilled to announce that Senators Murkowski (AK) and Klobuchar (MN) along with Representatives Bacon (NE) and McCollum (MN) have reintroduced the FASD Respect Act as S.1800/H.R.3946. Check out and share our press release on this exciting news. What does the bill do? While smaller than the FASD Read more
Just in case you missed it, there is a recording available of our March 2023 Policy Forum where we addressed the future of the FASD Respect Act 2.0, state legislation and an opportunity to advocate in DC during FASD Awareness month. Notes and links from the presentation are also available Read more
Assembly Bill 137 updates terminology from FAS to FASD and acknowledges FASD as a developmental disability. This is an important step toward expanding access to services for individuals with FASD.
Washington State Advocacy – House Bill 1168 would help thousands of Washington families gain access to critically needed prenatal substance exposure services, including support for FASD.
What a journey this 117th legislative session has been. The FASD Respect Act (HR4151/S2238) was on target to be passed as a stand-alone bill on December 22, 2022 in the Senate with language agreed upon by bi-partisan Senate HELP committee leadership and the next day in the House but was Read more