Bill tracking for nonprofit service providers
For organizations that deliver services with public money, where a rule change can cut funding or change who you're allowed to serve.
When a bill or proposed federal rule that matches what you watch is filed in any state legislature, the DC Council, Congress or on regulations.gov, Statute Scope emails you a brief built from its own text. For nonprofit service providers, we flag federal grant rules and the Uniform Guidance, Medicaid contracts, Housing First and camping bans, SNAP work rules, immigrant and refugee services, child welfare, VOCA and disability services.
What we flag for nonprofit service providers
Every brief tags the bill with the concerns it touches and quotes the words that set each tag off. Here is what we tag in your field, and why it matters to you.
Government grants & contracts
Uniform Guidance, indirect-cost and payment rules decide whether public contracts cover the true cost of services.
Medicaid contracts for community providers
Managed-care contracts and rates fund behavioral-health clinics, FQHCs and community providers.
Housing & homelessness
Camping bans, Housing First rules and CoC funding change how shelters and housing programs operate.
SNAP, WIC & food banks
SNAP work rules, WIC funding and emergency-food programs change demand on food banks and pantries.
Immigrant, refugee & legal services
Resettlement funding, legal-services money and "harboring" or transport crimes put immigrant-serving staff at legal risk.
Child welfare & foster care
Foster-care, Title IV-E and placement rules, including religious-exemption placement, govern agency licenses and funding.
Domestic violence & VOCA
VOCA and VAWA funding and shelter rules decide whether survivor services stay open.
Disability & home- and community-based services
HCBS waivers, waiting lists and direct-support wages decide whether disability providers can staff services.
Charitable solicitation & registration
State registration, fundraiser and disclosure rules govern how charities may ask for money.
Volunteer & charitable liability
Immunity and liability rules decide the risk of using volunteers and donating goods.
Faith-based provider rules
Charitable-choice and religious-exemption rules decide whether faith-based grantees may limit hiring or services.
What you'll get alerts on
- State homelessness, child-welfare and Medicaid bills
- Federal grant, SNAP and refugee-resettlement bills
- Proposed HHS, HUD and USDA rules
Every alert comes with a brief: the bottom line, the key provisions in the bill's own words, who to contact and the full text. See a sample brief, or read which legislatures and agencies we cover.
Plans for nonprofit service providers
One subscription covers everyone at your organization, with no per-seat fees. Watch is $150 a month for 5 criteria and Desk is $450 a month for 20, with more on Desk at $40 a month for each 5. One criterion is one jurisdiction (a state, DC or the federal government) plus one search. Searching for the same thing in 5 states is 5 criteria.
- Nonprofit rate: 65% of the price for nonprofits with an annual budget under $5 million, and nonprofit universities with an annual budget under $100 million.
- Solidarity rate: half price for nonprofits and community or mutual-aid groups that are both trans-owned and trans-led, within the nonprofit-rate size limits.