Sample Organizational Statements on the HHS Waiver in South Carolina

Below are links to some group statements, and key talking points. 

In any statements, we would recommend focusing first and foremost on the harm this waiver poses to children  - reflecting why it's important to expand access to families for children, and not to limit or discriminate against foster and adoptive families.  

 Child Welfare/Foster Alumni Organizations 

• Child Welfare League of America  

• Children’s Rights 

• FosterClub 

• North American Council on Adoptable Children 

Civil Rights and LGBTQ Organizations 

• ACLU  

• Americans United for Separation of Church and State 

• CenterLink 

• Family Equality Council 

• Lambda Legal 

Faith Organizations 

• Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty 

• Coalition Against Religious Discrimination Letter with 120 National Signatories 

• Interfaith Alliance 

• Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism 

Members of Congress 

• Letter from 95 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) 

• House Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC-6) 

• Rep. Joe Cunningham (SC-1) 

• Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (GA-5) 

• Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (MA-1) 

• Ways and Means Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny Davis (IL-7) 

• HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) 

• Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-3) 

• LGBT Equality Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Angie Craig (MN-2), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18), and Katie Hill (CA-25)  

• Senator Ron Wyden (OR)