Third Update for NYS Advocacy
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February 2011
KINSHIP CARE IN THE
NEW YORK STATE BUDGET
THIRD UPDATE
OUR PLANStarting
Today
Online Now:
Previous webinars
Talking points for providers and families
Family letter to Governor, local legislator templates
Cost benefit document
Program checklists and lists of legislators
Statistics from American Community Survey
Sample letter to the editor
Testimony from various kinship care advocates
STEP ONE: INFORMATION
Leadership to call all agency CEOs and EDs to ensure
advocacy strategies are in place
Staff to contact each program with their program -specific
information and get them started on their advocacy work next
week
Albany-based programs and advocates to meet again with:
Division of Budget
Office of the Governor
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Senate Finance Committee and Counsel/Program staff
Assembly Ways and Means Committee and Counsel/Program staff
Senate and Assembly’s respective Children and Families Committees
STEP TWO: ACTION IN ALBANY
Programs begin utilizing checklist:
Families send letters to the Governor (see website)
Meet with local legislators
Invite local legislators to visit program
Begin letter-writing and phone call campaign with
families
Distribute letters to the editor to local newspapers
Use AARP-provided 800# to call legislators
Additional ideas
STEP TWO: ACTION ON THE GROUND
Begin press campaign, including series of
releases and conferences for:
Budget implications (sent)
Census data
Cost-benefit release
Summit report release
Other
STEP THREE: PRESS
2011-12OUR ASK
We ask that kinship care programming be
removed from the Primary Prevention Incentive
Program and given a $3 million line item in the
budget, without a local match
OUR ASK
WebinarsKEEPING IN TOUCH
Whenever you need information, please feel free
to:
Call 518-833-0215 (National Committee of
Grandparents for Children’s Rights)
Email [email protected] and
we’ll get the information you’ve requested to you
as soon as possible
Visit
http://www.grandparentsforchildren.org/newyork
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