Congress 101
Congress is made up of these two chambers.
What is the House and Senate?
CCAI's acronym stands for this.
What is Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute?
The two rivers that flow through D.C.
What are the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers?
She is CCAI's Programs Coordinator and leads the planning and implementation efforts of the Foster Youth Internship Program, as well as CCAI's other flagship advocacy program, Angels in Adoption.
Who is Sara Schleicher?
This FYI participates in ROTC at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Who is Erick?
Every state gets ___ Senator(s), no matter the population size of the state.
What is two?
Name CCAI's four core programs.
What are Foster Youth Internship Program, Angels in Adoption, Congressional Resource Program, and 20/20 Vision?
The original Declaration of Independence can be found here.
What is the National Archives Museum?
This CCAI staff member is responsible for researching, coordinating, and executing elements of the Congressional Resource Program and 20/20 Vision Program delegation activities.
Who is Toria Parsons?
These two FYIs both hail from the state of Indiana.
Who are Julia and Shye?
The current speaker of the House.
Who is Mike Johnson?
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption is the largest bicameral and _____ caucus in the U.S. Congress, bringing together Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate.
What is bipartisan?
This is the oldest neighborhood in D.C., dating back to 1751...40 years before Washington, D.C. was founded.
What is Georgetown?
This role assists the CCAI staff in overseeing the policy report process from start to finish.
Bonus $100: What is this person's name?
Who is the Policy Report Director?
Bonus: Keri Richmond
These two FYIs have chosen to focus on kinship care in their policy reports.
Who are Leah and Dylan?
This is the most common type of caucus and consists of members with a shared policy interest
What is an interest group caucus?
CCAI is this type of organization, meaning that they are exempt from federal income tax and tax-deductible for donors.
What is a 501c3 nonprofit?
All roads in D.C. lead here.
What is The Capitol?
Each FYI has been an assigned a ___ to work 1-on-1 with throughout the policy report writing process. These individuals are instrumental in providing (1) federal child welfare policy expertise, (2) professional mentorship, and (3) research and writing guidance.
What is a Policy Advisor?
These two FYIs are each interning with a co-chair of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Caucus (CCA).
Bonus $100: Which two offices are they?
Who are Christian & Nadia?
Bonus: Rep. Robert Aderholt and Rep. Adam Smith
A _____ monitors ongoing government operations, identifies issues suitable for legislative review, gathers and evaluates information, and recommends courses of action for each respective chamber.
What is a committee?
CCAI was founded ___ years ago.
What is 23 years?
This is the only president buried in Washington, D.C.
Bonus $100: Where was he buried?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Bonus: National Cathedral
Foster Youth Interns are able to receive therapeutic support services during the summer through CCAI's partnership with this organization.
Who is the Center for Adoption Support and Education (CASE)?
A: Whose school won the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 2024?
Bonus: What is the mascot of this student's school?
Who is Maria (UConn)?
Bonus: Huskies