ERIC ED399063: Raise Your Legislator’s Antenna: A pdf

ERIC ED399063: Raise Your Legislator’s Antenna: A

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Family service providers cannot afford not to get involved in advocating for family-friendly public policy, in the face of legislation that jeopardizes family programs. Designed for community-based program providers, this guide asserts the importance of advocacy for families at the state and federal legislature level. Sections of the guide are: (1) “What Is Public Policy?” (2) “What Is Advocacy?”; (3) “Involving Parents,” giving reasons to involve parents in the advocacy process; (4) “A Step-by-Step Guide to Advocacy”; (5) “What’s the Occasion?,” detailing steps for advocacy, including forming an advocacy team, finding out who represents you, and meeting with your lawmakers; (6) “The Pay-Off,” asserting that advocacy is the way to make government responsive to the needs of children, youth, and families; and (7) “Lobbying Rules for Tax-Exempt Nonprofits.” Short case studies of three different advocacy efforts are included. (BGC

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1995
• Year: 1995
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Activism, Advocacy, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Legislation, Laws, Legislation, Lobbying, Nonprofit Organizations, Parent Participation, Parents, Political Issues, Politics, Social Action, State Legislation, Peck, Shelley, Goetz, Kathy

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