HR. 3946 The FASD Respect Act has gained 4 new co-sponsors as of September 28, 2023! Thank you to Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6], Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8], Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5], and Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]. This brings the number of co-sponsors of The FASD Respect Act to 33 in Read more
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Monthly Policy Forum on September 27th where we gave some behind the scenes updates on S.1800/HR. 3946 The FASD Respect Act, recapped Hill Day 2023, and discussed what is on the horizon for FASD United. As always, FASD United COO Jenn Read more
FASD Awareness Month has been a whirlwind of advocacy, community building, and celebrating the strengths of the FASD community. We want to thank everyone who joined us in Washington, DC for National FASD Impact Week and Hill Day, and we are thrilled to announce that we are already seeing the Read more
FASD Awareness Month has brought in a new co-sponsor for S. 1800, The FASD Respect Act. Senator Kevin Cramer [R-ND] signed onto the bill on September 12th, becoming the fifth co-sponsor of S. 1800, The FASD Respect Act, which was introduced by Senators Murkowski (original author) and Klobuchar (original co-sponsor). Read more
HR. 3946/ S. 1800, The FASD Respect Act now has the support of over 150 organizations thanks to advocates like you! The latest group of organizations to endorse The FASD Respect Act come from California, The District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia (4), Indiana (2), Kentucky, North Carolina, and Texas. National Read more
Welcome to FASD Awareness Month! Thanks to seventeen organizations from around the country we are able to do a little bit of celebrating. This batch includes seven organizations from North Carolina, seven from California, two from Massachusetts, and one from Georgia. As always, we appreciate that these organizations are making Read more
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the August Policy Forum this past Wednesday, August 30th. This month’s forum featured an update on co-sponsors and meetings with legislators, information on the upcoming Hill Day during National FASD United Impact Week, and information on how the FASD Respect Act language Read more
We are grateful for support from five more organizations for HR 3946/S1800, The FASD Respect Act. All five of these organizations are new supporters, as none of them endorsed the FASD Respect Act introduced in the 117th Congress. Georgia A Healing Paradigm Indiana Mental Health America of Indiana New York Read more
We can celebrate the start of FASD Awareness Month a little early this year as three new co-sponsors have signed onto HR 3946 The FASD Respect Act! Thank you to Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz [D-FL-25], Rep. Susie Lee [D-NV-3], and Rep. Collin Z. Allred [D-TX-32] for officially becoming co-sponsors on Read more
Actually, to say the endorsements “rolled in” is not exactly correct. These endorsements from organizations came in due to the hard work and persistence of advocates across the country. Fourteen of these organizations are new endorsers, with five of them signing onto a letter of endorsement during the 117th Congress. Read more