About Us


Capitol Advocacy Partners is a different kind of firm. We opened in 2013 with a sole purpose: To provide dedicated, comprehensive federal representation to only a handful of clients- clients who mean something to us, who we enjoy working with, and who we can achieve results for.

Professionals at CAP are working proactively to ensure that clients and federal decision makers are knowledgable about pandemic activities. CAP has been providing clients weekly updates, preparing communications for our client’s members and constituency groups, as well as helping clients to express concerns to decision makers in the nation’s capitol. We routinely communicate with the Administration and Congress the impact that the pandemic is having on their constituents. We are communicating client requests through letters and personal communications to secure relief such as help to cities and schools. H.R. 6800, HEROES Act, and passed by the House of Representatives, includes $375 billion in direct aid to cities and counties, a provision we actively worked to include. We are additionally helping clients and their constituencies to access formula-based funds via application and navigate requesting needed flexibilities for already awarded grants. 


News


September 30, 2022 CAP is excited to announce that the La Familia Central Valley has one a $1 million dollar grant to decreae school violence in two school districts in the Central Valley.

July 25, 2022: CAP is happy to announce that the Vallejo Police Department has won a $1.3 million Proposition 47 grant, which will provide comprehensive, evidence-based, trauma-informed diversion services and temporary housing through intensive case management/care coordination for qualified homeless justice-impacted transition aged youth, aged 16-24, experiencing mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

June 9, 2022: CAP is pleased to announce that the Vallejo Police Department has won a $1.5 million CalVIP grant, which includes a comprehensive violence reduction framework to address gun and gang violence and community-police relations.

June 9, 2022: CAP is excited to share that the Leaven Kids has won a $1.4 million CalVIP award. This funding will support children at risk of violence in three high crime, high poverty communities in public housing complexes in the cities of Vallejo, Fairfield, and Ontario by mitigating violence through place-based education and trauma-informed services.

April 26, 2022: CAP is excited to announce that the Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico have won $1.5 million Department of Labor YouthBuild grant. As the only recipient in Puerto Rico, this grant will help disenfranchised youth and young adults ages 16-24 attain education and career training goals to seek employment in-demand construction and elderly care health professions.

March 21, 2022: CAP was excited to host student government leaders from the South Orange County Community College District and facilitated four meetings with the offices of Sen. Feinstein, Sen. Padilla, Rep. Porter, and Rep. Levin to discuss issues that are important to them, such as mental health, basic needs, and climate change.

February 28, 2022: The City of Hayward was awarded a $389,260 Behavioral Health Justice Intervention Service (BHJIS) grant through DHCS to demonstrate the Hayward Evaluation and Response Teams (HEART) Program to build capacity for and implement a high-quality trauma-informed, service-appropriate co-responder program that reduces violence and diverts individuals from justice- involvement. HEART will build capacity for and begin to implement an integrated continuum of response and referral options to match the right team or resource to the right 911 call. HEART seeks to improve response and services and divert individuals with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders away from justice involvement.

February 28, 2022: The Vallejo Police Department has won a $286,957 one year Behavioral Health Justice Intervention Service (BHJIS) grant through the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). The project will build capacity within VPD and community partners for future implementation of City-led co-response mental health crisis teams to significantly expand co-response team capacity. It will help repair trust and legitimacy between the police, the community, first responders, and behavioral health specialists in Vallejo and plan for a future with increased availability of care for mental health or substance abuse-related crises that diverts individuals from justice involvement.

January 7, 2022: The Vallejo Police Department has won $1 million to reduce gun violence and violent crimes. VPD, with its partners, will offer a voluntary Youth Court Diversion Program that provides an alternative to incarceration to adolescent first-time offenders of misdemeanor or lesser crimes. This method focuses on restorative justice, peer interaction, and opportunities for youth to change their paths and discover strengths. VPD will utilize an evidence-based hotspot policing strategy to increase VPD presence in identified hotspot areas and offer wraparound and follow-up services to victims of violence, which will include educational support, job training, and culturally responsive mental health services. A press release from Rep. Thompson’s office can be found here and an article from the Times-Herald can be found here .

September 23, 2021: CAP is pleased to announce that First Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center and a partner have won almost $5,000,000 to expand mental health services to 1,000 primarily Latinx youth and their caregivers over the next two years.

July 12, 2021: CAP is excited to share that the Community Project requests from both First Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center and Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District have been included in the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee’s FY22 budget. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico’s San Lorenzo Project and the City of Hayward’s Stack Center have been included in the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee FY22 budget. The City of Gustine’s Water Loop Line project has been included in the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee’s FY22 budget. The Vallejo Police Department’s Community Mobile Mental Health Response Unit Pilot Project has been included in the House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee FY22 budget. These bills will now head to the full Appropriations Committee.

July 12, 2021: CAP is happy to announce that Sen. Feinstein has chosen which Community Project requests her office will be submitting to select FY22 appropriations accounts. Vallejo Police Department’s “Mobile Mental Health Response unit” was chosen, as were both of the City of Gustine’s water projects.

July 12, 2021: CAP is happy to announce that Sen. Padilla has chosen which Community Project requests his office will be submitting to select FY22 appropriations accounts. Vallejo Police Department’s “Mobile Mental Health Response unit”, Hayward’s Stack Youth and Family Center, and both of the City of Gustine’s water projects were selected.

July 6, 2021: CAP is proud to announce that the Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico have been awarded a combined Head Start and Early Head Start grant of $5,199,645 annually for the next 5 years. The $25.988 million will be used to expand access to early education in Puerto Rico.

June 10, 2021: CAP is excited to share that the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District has won $1.875 million from the DOL YouthBuild program. This money will fund a three-year program that provides education, construction-skills training, and welding instruction to at-risk youth

June 9, 2021: CAP is pleased to announce that, led by the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, the City of Livermore has been named a winner for the National Civic League 2021 All-America City Award (AAC). The announcement can be found here.

May 18, 2021: CAP is excited to share that Rep. Harder proudly mentioned First Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center’s community project request in a speech before the House Appropriations LHHS Subcommittee. The video can be found here.

April 19, 2021: CAP is excited to share that Livermore, CA has been named a finalist for the National Civic League’s 2021 All-America City Award (AAC). The award, given to 10 communities each year since 1949, celebrates and recognizes villages, towns, cities, counties, tribes, and regions that engage residents innovative, inclusive, and effective efforts to tackle critical challenges. You can find Livermore’s press release here.

March 22, 2021: CAP is proud to announce that Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD) fully reopened for all grades on Monday, 3/22. With more than 99% of teachers and faculty vaccinated, we are excited to support this innovative and bold approach. You can find more information on the reopening efforts here.


Client Initiatives


7/7/22: The Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico has kicked off its YouthBuild grant with its first cohort of 16-24 year olds. The YouthBuild program helps young people pursue their education, prepare for future careers, and grow into community leaders.

5/19/22: Congressmen Mike Thompson and John Garamendi presented a $900,000 check to the Vallejo Police Department for the development of their Mobile Community Mental Health Response Unit. VPD’s Community Mobile Mental Health Response Unit will provide trauma-informed mental health response and social services to reduce arrests in Vallejo and better respond to individuals experiencing crises and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

1/7/22: The Vallejo Police Department has won $1 million to reduce gun violence and violent crimes. VPD, with its partners, will offer a voluntary Youth Court Diversion Program that provides an alternative to incarceration to adolescent first-time offenders of misdemeanor or lesser crimes. This method focuses on restorative justice, peer interaction, and opportunities for youth to change their paths and discover strengths. VPD will utilize an evidence-based hotspot policing strategy to increase VPD presence in identified hotspot areas and offer wraparound and follow-up services to victims of violence, which will include educational support, job training, and culturally responsive mental health services. A press release from Rep. Thompson’s office can be found here and an article from the Times-Herald can be found here.

11/18/21: The City of Hayward’s Housing Navigation Center has moved nearly two-thirds of its residents into permanent housing while weathering the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Center, which opened on 11/18/19, provides immediate shelter, nutrition, intensive case management and housing navigation services to homeless adults. Thus far, 153 individuals have exited the Navigation Center, with 98 people, or 64 percent, moving directly into permanent housing. The Center was developed and furnished through a combination of federal, state and local funding, and donations. To learn more, go to the Navigation Center webpage on the City of Hayward website.

11/4/21: LVJUSD’s inaugural Del Valle YouthBuild class session (#1) has been confirmed. The program will begin this month, on 11/29/21. The YouthBuild program helps young people pursue their education, prepare for future careers, and grow into community leaders.

10/4/21: The National Civic League highlighted Hayward, CA’s recent community engagement effort around public safety. Following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, Hayward set up a ten-week long Policy Innovation Workshop which paired teams of community members with city and public safety staff to brainstorm, research, and test possible policy alternatives using information gathered from a 15-minute survey given to over 1,000 Hayward residents. Due to Hayward’s commitment to community engagement, they now have nine concrete recommendations that are supported by the city, police department and residents. Read more here.

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9/10/21: Senior Representatives from Saddleback College were at a recent Volkswagen car visit in El Segundo, CA (see picture to the right).

9/9/21: LVJUSD’s national best practice model was showcased at a break-out session at the 5th annual "Wellness Together California Student Mental Wellness Conference,” considered one of the top eight mental health conferences in the world. The link to LVJUSD’s session can be found here

9/8/21: Infineon is helping to prevent power outages while aiding in California's goals of more electric vehicles through the use of their semiconductors in the all-new Volkswagen ID.4 fully-electric SUV - ABC News 7


Infrastructure and Community Project Requests


Fiscal Year 2023

After a very successful run in FY22, CAP has again submitted community project requests on behalf of its qualified clients.

  • Irvine Valley College: The “Access and Persistence through Basic Need Pilot Program” would allow students who are experiencing housing, food, or transportation insecurities to receive the support and resources that they need to thrive in school. This project was selected by both Sen. Feinstein and Sen. Padilla and included in the Senate’s LHHS proposed budget.

  • The City of Hayward’s community project request would fund and support the Hayward Evaluation and Response Teams (HEART) Program, which seeks to reduce the need for officers to intervene in calls for service involving people experiencing mental illness, substance-use disorders, and homelessness. This project was selected by Sen. Feinstein, Sen. Padilla, and Rep. Swalwell, and included in the House’s CJS proposed budget.

  • Legacy Health Endowment: The “Person-Centered Care Community Pilot Project” would create and pilot a long-term care program, with wraparound medical and non-medical services, to support socially isolated seniors and family caregivers. This project was selected by both Sen. Feinstein and Sen. Padilla and included in the Senate’s LHHS proposed budget.

  • Vallejo Police Department: The "Ghost Gun and Gun Violence Reduction Initiative" would purchase and install auditory gunshot detection equipment in Vallejo's highest-crime hotspot neighborhoods. This project was selected by Sen. Feinstein and Rep. Thompson and included in the House’s CJS proposed budget.

  • The Leaven Kids’ community project request would purchase two new learning centers in Concord and Corona. Funding would go toward equipment, including laptops, smart boards, and two vans. This project was selected by both Sen. Feinstein and Sen. Padilla and included in the Senate’s LHHS proposed budget.

Fiscal Year 2022

For the first time in almost a decade, Congress decided to use 1% of its appropriation funding on community project requests. CAP submitted requests on behalf of its qualified clients. Every eligible client had their project included in the FY22 Omnibus bill passed in March 2022.

  • South Orange County Community College District: The Saving Veterans with Interventions Pilot Program ($610,000) aims to address the inequities and barriers experienced upon discharge from military service. It was included in the final FY22 Omnibus bill.

  • City of Hayward: The Stack Center ($1.5M): The Stack Center will provide wraparound services to address inequities in the South Hayward community. These services will include health, education, recreational, and career training services. It was included in the final FY22 Omnibus bill.

  • Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District: Latinx Support and Access ($382,000): The LVJUSD will develop a community engagement program to improve parent participation and student performance in mathematics and English Language Arts for Latinx families. It was included in the final FY22 Omnibus bill.

  • First Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center: Mental Health Access Project ($301,053): FBHUCC will provide up to an additional 900 individuals with mental health services, with a focus on serving the disadvantaged Hispanic community in Merced and Stanislaus counties that often lacks services due to cost, language barriers and cultural stigmas. It was included in the final FY22 Omnibus bill.

  • Vallejo Police Department: Mobile Mental Health Response Unit Pilot Project ($900,000): The program will create the Mobile Mental Health Response unit, which will be staffed by civilian and clinical personnel to better respond to individuals experiencing mental health crises, as well as those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It was included in the final FY22 Omnibus bill.

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico: Rehabilitation of San Lorenzo Community Facility ($870,000): This request will finance the necessary repairs to fix damage caused by Hurricane Maria. The facility will be able to double the number of students currently served and expand programming to better include their 2-generation anti-poverty model. It was included in the final FY22 Omnibus bill.

  • City of Gustine: Water Loop Line Improvements ($950,000): The Water Loop Line Completion Project will ensure Gustine achieves resource equity, while also creating a more stable water distribution system and sufficient water pressure throughout the city that minimizes public health risks and safety concerns. It was included in the final FY22 Omnibus bill.


2021 Overview


We are thrilled to announce that in 2021 CAP secured $33.87M in federal, state, and local funds for clients. Capitol Advocacy Partners drafted a winning application for a nonprofit to receive $5,199,645 annually for the next 5 years to expand access to early education in Puerto Rico. CAP also facilitated a partnership to write and win a SAMHSA Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) program grant for almost $5,000,000 to expand mental health services to primarily Latinx youth and their caregivers suffering from serious mental health issues over the next two years. CAP drafted a winning application for a school district to receive $1.875 million for the education and construction-skills training of at-risk youth to help build affordable housing units in the local area. CAP also worked with a police department to receive almost $1 million to establish community violence intervention initiatives.

CAP also worked with a city to win the All-America City award from the National Civic League. All-America City winners find it easier to attract and retain businesses that generate jobs and a stronger tax base. Additionally, the award reinvigorates city pride and raises the profile of local efforts while putting communities on a national stage.


Areas of Practice


Funding

We understand that advocacy objectives are usually pocketbook issues. Capitol Advocacy Partners specializes in saving clients money and helping them secure federal funding. 


DC Advocacy Days and Capitol Hill Briefings

We think it's important for you to come to Washington and engage directly with decision-makers. Through advocacy trips and issue briefings we'll make sure your trip to DC is worth the time and cost. 

 

 


Legislation & Regulation

Capitol Advocacy Partners can help you achieve objectives through legislation and regulations. We'll work with you to determine what can help or hurt you before turning our attention to achieving a legislative outcome that benefits you. 


Advocacy Training & Curriculum Development

Organization leadership, staff and members can be powerful advocates to advance client interests, but you have to know how to employ them effectively. Capitol Advocacy Partners will work with your organization to create and execute advocacy strategies that harness your own resources into an advocacy force to pursue your federal goals. 


Research & Analysis

Smart, timely research and policy analysis can be the difference between a successful legislative strategy and one that fails to get off the ground.  We'll manage and execute research projects to help build the evidence you need for long term policy success in Congress and for multi-state agendas. 


Multi-State Policy Strategy

In select policy areas we work with clients to put together multi-state policy campaigns that on-the-ground members and affiliates can manage and execute with fidelity and success


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As Fire Chief (Hayward, California) I had the opportunity to work with Dana to initiate a Federal presence. She has continually impressed me with her knowledge of process, guidance and dedication to mission. Her skills and experience provided us the opportunity to gain critical funding and direct benefit for our community. Now as President of our local School Board (Livermore, California), I’m proud to say that Dana is passionately pursuing our mission of attaining the best education and opportunities for our students. In my greater than 30 years of public service, Dana DeBeaumont is the most skilled, prepared and diligent advocate I’ve had the pleasure to work beside. We’re quite fortunate to have her on our team.
— Craig Bueno, Board President, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, CA and Fire Chief (retired), City of Hayward, California