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. 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. Read more
Thank you to everyone who attended our May Policy Forum, there are big things in motion in the policy world. We discussed state and federal policy updates, as well as the working FASD Respect Act 2.0! For those who were Read more
DISCLAIMER: The article which this post is reporting on looked at policies related to alcohol and substance use only through 2016. Since 2016, some states have updated/changed their policies, which is not reflected in the article or this post. For Read more
Thank you to those who attended the April Policy Forum live! We discussed Advocacy Week and the DC Summit, Affiliate Updates, and the working FASD Respect Act 2.0. For those who were unable to attend, the recording and slides are 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 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.
The New York State Senate has seen legislation (A.2297/S.1866.) introduced by Senator Samara Brouk of the 55th District and Assemblymember Sarah Clark of the 136th District that seeks to amend the Mental Health Hygiene Law, adding FASDs to the definition Read more
We are thrilled to announce another piece of FASD informed legislation has been introduced, this time by the Legislature of Washington State. House Bill 1168, introduced by representatives Tarra Simmons, Alex Ramel, Lisa Callan, Sharon Wylie, Lauren Davis, and Timm Read more