footer {
  padding: 16px;
  padding-bottom: 48px;
  background-color: #204f9a;
  color: #fff;
  /* text-align: center; */
}

.footer-container {
  display: flex;
  /* flex-direction: column; */
  align-items: flex-start;
  justify-content: space-evenly;
  gap: 2.25rem;
}

#contact span.title {
  color: #f0f0f0;
}

.footer-container p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #f0f0f0;
}

.footer-container p.footer-verbiage {
  display: inline-block;
  font-weight: 700;
  /* text-decoration: underline; */
  padding-bottom: 0.025rem;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #ffffffbf;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

.footer-container a {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-style: italic;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.footer-container a:hover {
  transition: color 0.3s;
  color: #ccdcff;
}

.contact-box {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-start;
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .footer-container {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
  }
}

/* Enhanced mobile footer improvements */
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  footer {
    padding: 20px 16px;
  }

  .footer-container {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 1.5rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .footer-container p {
    font-size: 13px;
    line-height: 1.4;
  }

  .footer-container p.footer-verbiage {
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
  }

  .contact-box {
    align-items: center;
  }

  #contact span.title {
    text-align: center;
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 480px) {
  footer {
    padding: 16px 12px;
  }

  .footer-container {
    gap: 1.25rem;
  }

  .footer-container p {
    font-size: 13px;
  }

  .footer-container a {
    font-size: 13px;
  }
}