FASD Awareness month is coming to a close like it began: with a new cosponsor! Rep. Brandon Williams of New York’s 22nd district signed on as a cosponsor to HR.3946, the FASD Respect Act, four days after meeting with constituent Sarah Hamersma and other advocates from New York. This meeting Read more
The FASD Respect Act (HR 3946/1800) closed out July with support from sixty organizations from all over the country! Nine of these organizations are national, while the remaining fifty-one have come in from nineteen different states. The most recent endorsements come to us from Georgia (The Carter Center Mental Health Read more
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 of “developmental disability”. This change would include fetal alcohol syndrome, Read more
Four new sponsors- both Republican and Democrat! We are thrilled to highlight the additions of Rep. Pat Fallon and Rep. Al Green of Texas’ 4th and 9th congressional districts. As well as, Rep. John Katko of New York’s 24th district and Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia’s 5th district. All of Read more
New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and New York Representative Brian Higgins (NY-26) are the latest house members to join the long list of legislators sponsoring The FASD Respect Act. Help get your Representative on board by sending them the list and asking them to join! Need help? Email [email protected].
Exciting News! Representatives Rutherford (FL-4), Adams (NC-12), Garamendi (CA-3), Morelle (NY-25) and Butterfield (NC-1) have joined the list of 46 members of the House to support HR 4151 The FASD Respect Act. We are extremely grateful for their support and the work of the many advocates who reached out to Read more
In case you missed it, the monthly FASD United Policy Forum from Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 was recorded. In this forum, we discussed updates to progress on passage of The FASD Respect Act, as well as updated on pending FASD legislation from Florida, California, Hawaii, New York and Minnesota. We Read more