LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC
Lobbying for COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION · Association of individuals and undergrad and graduate professional social work programs
Issues pertaining to biomedical research and health professions education. Issues pertaining to the Minority Fellowship Program. Issues pertaining to mental and behavioral health and the role of social work. Reauthorization of the Health Equity and Accountability Act, Issues pertaining to social work, health disparities, and the mental and behavioral health workforce. S. 2840, Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, Issues pertaining to the National Health Service Corps and HRSA social work education and training programs. Issues pertaining to NIH reform, ARPA-H, and biomedical research. Issues pertaining to mental health and the mental health workforce. H.R. 7994, S. 4120, Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act, Issues pertaining to education and training of workforce. S.B. 266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, All provisions.
Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Issues pertaining to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act including accreditation, access to student aid and student loan programs, Pell Grants, PSLF, and graduate education. H.R. 6951, College Cost Reduction Act, All provisions. H.R. 7683, Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act, Issues pertaining to work-based training for postsecondary students in mental health fields. H.R. 3711, POST Grad Act, All provisions. Issues pertaining to work-based training for postsecondary students in mental health fields.
H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Issues pertaining to Pell grants, undergraduate loans, graduate student loans, accountability metrics, student financial aid, Medicaid and Medicare, other higher education tax provisions. FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, Issues pertaining to NIH, ED, HRSA, SAMHSA, federal student aid, education research and development, behavioral and mental health workforce training and development.