Healthy Families America

	Network Resources: Peer Mentoring Network: Advocacy: Site Staff Advocacy
	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 Gaylord Gieseke Voices of Illinois Children 208 S. LaSalle St., Suite 1490 Chicago, IL 60604-1103 312-516-5565 312-465-0088 Email: ggieseke@voices4kids.org Guiding Questions 1) Do you see staff as a valuable advocacy resource? 2) Do you keep staff informed and updated on program/funding issues? 3) Do you encourage staff to write and call on issues such as early childhood, prevention, home visitation and other areas of impact? 4) Are opportunities provided for staff to be part of an advocacy committee, to mentor parents interested in being advocates? Are staff encouraged to register to vote? Additional Resources For an easy how-to-lobby tutorial and ways to use staff time effectively ("Make a Difference for Your Cause in Three Hours per Week"), click here. Head Start is well known for including staff and parents as advocates. Check out their sample letters, advocacy toolkit and legislative guide, all written for the novice advocate. Voter Lobbying Guide other Head Start advocacy guides
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