Family issues/Abortion/Adoption

Advocacy and congressional engagement regarding bipartisan reforms to the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood and related federal child-welfare policy, including the Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act (H.R. 7432) and related Chafee reform legislation. Activities included educating congressional offices, building bipartisan support, and advancing legislative consideration of policies affecting current and former foster youth.

Issues related to laws governing reproductive health care rights and access

Issues related to child welfare and foster care.

Farm Bill 2.0, Online SNAP, SNAP Restrictive Food Waivers, Online WIC, SNAP Modernization, USDA FNA's processing of online only internet retailers' SNAP applications, SNAP Cost Shifting, SNAP participation, SNAP funding, SNAP benefits, SNAP rules, SNAP Retailers sourcing from American farms, ranches, and producers, money flow of SNAP transactions, anti-fraud efforts at SNAP transaction-level, SNAP error rates, SNAP education and outreach, increasing low-income Americans' access to food to financial infrastructure.

NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. H.R. 1464 - Modern WIC Act, which makes permanent flexibilities that allow for remote enrollment, services, and benefit issuance for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). NETWORK urges support for the Tech to Save Moms Act (HR 8317) to leverage the use of telehealth to improve maternal health outcomes, including expanding remote patient monitoring and promoting virtual training and capacity building models.

Surrogacy and IVF access for same-sex couples

Election protection and election integrity; Weaponization of the DOJ; Nomination of the Attorney General; Protection of the civil service; Government rebuilding efforts; Oversight of Department of Defense, EEOC, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Environmental Protection Agency; OMB Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance NPRM; Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 (HR 6500)

Federal policies and funding related to domestic and sexual violence prevention, victim services, and the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), including the Crime Victims Fund and related federal grant programs.

Federal child welfare, foster care, and adoption policy; federal funding and appropriations for programs serving children and families involved in the child welfare system; Community Project Funding and federal grant opportunities supporting foster, adoptive, and kinship families; and policies related to child welfare prevention, family preservation, and supportive services.

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