Karen J. Funk
Legislative Specialist

Ms. Funk joined HSDW as a Legislative Specialist in 1987, following employment with Senator James Abourezk, Representative (now Senator) Tom Daschle, and the National Congress of American Indians. Ms. Funk's responsibilities include the review and written analysis of legislative matters, and lobbying on legislative and appropriations issues on behalf of the Firm's clients. She has extensive experience in the appropriations process and education, health, and historic preservation issues. Her work on education issues includes six years representing the National Indian Education Association and extensive work on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1994, the Vocational Education Act, and the Educational Research and Development Act.

Ms. Funk has worked on a number of social service issues for tribes and tribal organizations, including efforts on the 1996 Welfare Reform Act (P.L. 104-193) which resulted in the doubling of tribal child care monies and authorizing tribal assumption of the federal child support enforcement and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs. Ongoing efforts in the social service area include eligibility for tribal governments and Indian children in tribal areas for the federal entitlement program which funds foster care and adoption assistance. She also represents Indian and other minority organizations on public broadcasting legislation and funding.

Ms. Funk earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Nebraska in 1969.

E-mail: kfunk@hsdwdc.com

Phone: (202) 822-8282

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