Early Childhood Advocacy Toolkit - Start Early

Early Childhood Advocacy Toolkit

Early Childhood Advocacy Toolkit

Ounce of Prevention Fund

Early Childhood Advocacy Toolkit

This advocacy toolkit is designed to help parents, student groups, practitioners, and other advocates get involved in the public policy-making process by educating key audiences about, and developing support for, early childhood initiatives.

The Ounce of Prevention Fund gives children and their families the best chance of success in school and in life by advocating for and providing the highest quality care and education from birth to age five. We hope you will use this toolkit to join us as a leader for early childhood issues in Illinois and nationally. The Ounce can be a resource as you engage in advocacy work. Contact us at 312-922-3863 or advocacy@ to let us know how we can help you.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Advocacy

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Types of Advocacy

........... 7

Frame Your Message

........... 9

Communicate with Elected Officials . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Unites States Congress

. . . . . . . . . . . 14

Illinois General Assembly

. . . . . . . . . . . 15

How a Bill Becomes Law

. . . . . . . . . . . 16

Lobby During the Legislative Process . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Work with the Media

. . . . . . . . . . . 18

Voting and Elections

. . . . . . . . . . . 19

Resources

. . . . . . . . . . . 21

A) Sample Legislator Phone Call and Letter/E-mail

B) Early Childhood Acronyms

C) Glossary of Legislative Terms

D) Key Illinois Early Childhood Organizations

E) Key National Child and Family Organizations

F) Illinois Maternal and Child Health Organizations

G) Related Government Agencies

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