Healthy Families America

	Network Resources: Peer Mentoring Network: Advocacy: Letter Writing Campaigns
	Peer Mentoring Network Innovative Strategies Regional Resource Centers Quality Assurance/ Credentialing Training State Systems Funding Events	Mentors Guiding Questions Additional Resources Mentors Sarita Rogers MA Children's Trust Fund 294 Washington St., Suite 640 Boston, MA 02108 617-727-8957 617-727-8997 Email: srogers@mctf.state.ma.us Lucia Erikson-Kincheloe Prevent Child Abuse Missouri 606 E. Capitol Jefferson City, MO 65101 573-634-5223 573-632-8627 fax Email: PCAMissouri@earthlink.net Lea Butterfield Healthy Homes 1051 W. Ave. M #205 Lancaster, CA 93534 661-726-6450 661-726-6463 fax Email: lea.butterfield@avhospital.org Guiding Questions 1) Letter-writing campaigns work at more than one level. Do you have both a detailed letter from an executive director/ board president, and a more general mass mail letter prepared for use when needed? 2) To begin your letter-writing campaign, have you: Identified key decision makers to be targeted? Prepared for your grassroots an action alert with a sample letter attached? 3) Is your letter: concise, with the purpose clearly stated in the first paragraph? Is the tone constructive? Is there flexibility for the writer to supplement his/her personal perspective? Additional Resources Visit http://capwiz.com/pca/mail/compose/ to see how you can write letters to your legislators on various issues using Prevent Child Abuse America's CapWiz system. See http://www.ounceofprevention.org/index.php?section=policy&page=alertdetail for a specific example about how one state is writing letters on behalf of their program. Tips on effective letter-writing. More... Visit http://63.66.87.48/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=NHSA&hotissue=1 to see how Head Start formulates their letter writing campaign. Think about how this approach could be modified for your advocacy work with Healthy Families America.
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