The District
These two rivers flow through D.C.
What are Potomac and Anacostia?
CCAI’s acronym stands for this.
What is the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute?
As Programs Coordinator, she manages two of CCAI's annual core programs, Angels in Adoption® and the Foster Youth Internship Program®.
Who is Lisette DuFore Benz?
Congress is made up of these two chambers.
Bonus 100: The number of members in each chamber.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Bonus: 435 (House) and 100 (Senate)
These two FYIs are both EMTs.
Who are Alex and Miles?
All roads in DC lead to this building.
What is The Capitol?
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption is the largest ____ and bipartisan caucus in the U.S. Congress, bringing together Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate.
What is bicameral?
As an alumnus of the Foster Youth Internship Program®, this person provides peer-level insight and mentorship grounded in their experience navigating the FYI program and working on Capitol Hill.
Bonus 100: What is their name?
What is the FYI Alumni Mentor?
Bonus: Aoguzi McDonald.
The current Speaker of the House.
Who is Mike Johnson?
These two FYIs hail from the state of Florida.
Who are Alexia and Serenity?
While D.C. residents pay federal taxes, they have no voting representation in Congress. However, they elect a ___ to the House of Representatives who can introduce legislation, debate bills, and vote in committees, but cannot vote on final House passage.
What is a Delegate?
Name CCAI’s four core programs.
What are the Foster Youth Internship, Angels in Adoption, Congressional Resource Program, and 20/20 Vision program?
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 four Members are the Co-Chairs of the Adoption Caucus.
Bonus 100: Name each of the states the Co-Chairs represent.
Who are Sens. Klobuchar and Cramer, and Reps. Aderholt and Davis?
Bonus 100: Klobuchar (Minnesota), Cramer (North Dakota), Aderholt (Alabama), Davis (Illinois)
These two FYIs will be interning for Rep. Moore and Rep. Nunn, two Co-Chairs on the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth (CCFY).
Who are Hana and Layla?
Founded in 1751, this city existed 40 years before Washington, D.C. was established.
What is Georgetown?
CCAI is this type of organization, meaning that they are exempt from federal income tax and tax-deductible for donors.
What is 501(c)(3)?
Who is Russ Sullivan?
The number of women in the 119th Congress.
What is 155?
These two FYIs will be interning for Sen. Klobuchar and Rep. Aderholt, two Co-Chairs on the Adoption Caucus (CCA).
Who are Aria and Lily?
This amendment gave Washington, D.C. residents the right to vote in presidential elections.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
CCAI was founded ____ years ago.
What is 25 years?
FYIs 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)?
The committees considered as the four corners of child welfare.
What are the Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, House Education and the Workforce, and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committees?
These two FYIs are working towards, or have earned, degrees in Social Work.
Who are Shalise and Fia?