For over 35 years, Blumenfeld & Associates, LLC, has served as the public affairs counselor for several dozen professional organizations and businesses. 

Our current clients include:

• AARP Wisconsin

• AssuranceSD

• coalition for children, youth and families

• Special Olympics Wisconsin

• United Way of Dane County

• Wisconsin child support enforcement association

• Wisconsin educational media & technology Association

• Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging

• wisconsin jewish conference

• wisconsin personal services ASSOCIATION

• wisconsin society of radiologic technologists

• wisconsin radiological society

• wisconsin council of the blind and visually impaired

Accomplishments

A small sample of our past successes includes: 

• Secured a $78.2 million all funds increase for the Medicaid Personal Care program in the 2021-23 state budget.

• Secured a $10.2 million all funds increase for child support enforcement in the 2021-23 state budget.

• Secured a $91 million all funds increase to the Medicaid Personal Care program in the 2019-21 state budget-- the largest increase in 20 years.

• Successfully reversed a proposed policy change included in the 2019-21 state budget that would have resulted in a cut to county child support agencies and secured a $765,000 GPR increase for the program, the first increase in a decade.

• Secured a $3 million increase to the 85.21 program (which provides specialized transit services to older adults and people with disabilities) in the 2019-21 state budget—the largest increase in a decade.

• Passed legislation to create a pathway for Wisconsin-based Managed care Organizations (MCOs) to become licensed as HMOs, allowing them to compete in the state's re-designed long-term care system.

• First ever funding increase for Post-Adoption Resource Centers in the 2015-17 Budget.

• Successful expansion of the Family Care  long-term care program statewide.

• Worked to lift the Family Care enrollment cap.

• Successfully advocated for the passage of the nation’s model Hate Crimes Legislation, which enhanced penalties for crimes motivated by racism or bigotry.

• $17.6 million budget increase in several Medicaid non-institutional services.

• Secured $8.25 million in new state funding, doubling state support for child support enforcement services.

• Enacted the state licensure for radiologic technologists.

• Established the state licensure for landscape architects.

• Successfully protected Wisconsin's SeniorCare program, which provides prescription drug coverage for seniors.

• Largest increase ever in the state budget for elderly and disabled transportation aid.