If you were not able to attend February’s Policy Forum, you can view the recording and presentation slides below! You can also take a look at the resources and links below to get involved.
Video also posted to FASD RESPECT Act Champions | Facebook Friday Five Friday Five Check out this short video I made at the end of 2024, showing me on a call with a Congressperson’s office asking for help scheduling a meeting. If your Congressperson’s office has not been receptive to Read more…
Friday Five Federal -Met with the offices of Speaker Johnson (LA) and Senator Cassidy (LA). Thank you to advocates for attending this meeting. Senator Cassidy Chairs the Senate HELP Committee, which has jurisdiction over the FASD Respect Act. -Senator Cassidy included the FASD Respect Act in a larger package of Read more…
Keeping up with policy changes can be overwhelming, but Friday Five makes it simple. Join us on Friday afternoons for bite-sized updates on the FASD Respect Act, news from the broader disability space, and ways to advocate, all in under five minutes. Friday Five will keep you in the loop—without Read more…
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with five other original co-sponsors, have introduced legislation that will advance comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) support services, public health prevention, and research programs across agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For Immediate Release:December 19, 2023 Contact:Jane Meyer, 202-430-7973 Klobuchar, Murkowski Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Support Families Impacted by FASD Passes Senate HELP Committee WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that their bipartisan Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Respect Act Read more…
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2023 Media Inquiries: wisdahl@fasdunited.org or 202-785-4585 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The FASD Respect Act (S.1800) introduced by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), cleared a major hurdle towards enactment into law by passing the U.S. Senate HELP Committee as part of The Support Read more…
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) has agreed to markup legislation for the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act. Chair of the committee Senator Bernie Sanders [I-Vt] and Ranking Member Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) have Read more…
Thank you to Rep. Terri A. Sewell [D-AL-7] for becoming the latest co-sponsor of HR. 3946, the FASD Respect Act! Including the bill’s original author, there are now 44 supporters of the FASD Respect Act in the House of Representatives, and we expect more to come in before the end Read more…
The FASD Respect Act as introduced to the 118th Congress has language regarding appropriations that reads: “There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028″. This essentially means that there is no dollar amount Read more…