policy and advocacy

• SPAN Legislative Comments on the Children’s System of Care (Human Services & Health/Mental Health)
• SPAN Comments on the NJ Medicaid Autism Benefit (Health)
• SPAN Comments on the Proposed Community Care Waiver Waiting List Procedures 2019 (Human Services)
• SPAN Comments on the NJCDD Strategic Plan 2021 (Human Services)
• SPAN Comments on COVID Recovery to Joint Commission on the Public Schools (Education)
• SPAN Comments on NJ DOE ARP ESSERS Funds Plan (Education)
• SPAN Applauds Congress for Introducing Keeping All Students Safe Act (Education)
• SPAN Comments on Student Disciplinary Action Reporting (Education)
• SPAN Comments on Programs to Support Student Development Code 2021 (Education)
• SPAN-FVNJ Comments on NJ Child Care Block Grant Plan 2021 (Early Childhood/Human Services)
• SPAN Comments on the passage of the FAMILY Act and the Healthy Families Act
• SPAN Comments on Family And Medical Insurance Leave (Health)
• SPAN Comments on Preserving Eligible Families’ Health Care (Health and Human Services)
• SPAN Comments on Proposals to Cut Medicaid Funding
• SPAN Comments to Washington, DC on Proposals to Cut Medicaid Funding
• SPAN Comments on Title VI School Discipline Guidance
• 118th Congress LTBA Sign On (May 2023)
• Coalition Letter of Support for PREEMIE 2023 (May 2023)
• Child-focused Comment on DACA Health Care Rule (June 2023)
• Child Health Organizations comments Medicaid Access Rules (July 2023)

SPAN signed onto the letter from the Immunocompromised Collaborative, which consists of patient organizations representing the approximately 7 million Americans who are immunocompromised, in support of the PREVENT Pandemics Act. This legislation is intended to ensure that our nation is well prepared for further evolutions of COVID-19 and for future pandemics. Read the letter.