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May
2008 Legislative
Update:
Read May 2008 Legislative Update
SAVE
THE DATE!
2009 IFAPA
Legislative Breakfast
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 -
7am to 9am
State Capitol Building - Des
Moines, IA
Legislative Dining Room
(lower level)
Public Policy Agenda &
Legislative Breakfast
By telling their stories to legislators and
developing personal relationships with public officials,
Iowa's foster and adoptive parents are improving the child
welfare and child protective system. The agenda defines the
issues foster and adoptive parent members of IFAPA have
identified and prioritized as important to children.
Our
2008 Public Policy Agenda is available for your information.
Foster and adoptive
families are invited to IFAPA's annual Legislative
Breakfast. Our annual breakfast is held every year in
February or March. Check back later for more
details on the IFAPA's 2009 Legislative Breakfast.
To find out who your legislators are,
click here.
Citizens play a very important role in the lawmaking process
– and they are the reality checks that elected officials
look to when deciding how they will approach an issue.
Iowa’s lawmakers are very accessible – and ready to hear
from their constituents. That is why advocacy can be so
effective – you don’t need a professional lobbyist to
represent your views – you just need some basic
understanding of the lawmaking process. Click on the
publications below to help you learn more about the
Legislative Breakfast and interacting with your legislators.
How the Legislative
Breakfast Works
Getting to Know Your
Legislators
IFAPA's 2008 Legislative
Agenda
How to Write an Effective
Letter to Your Legislators
Other Publications
There are a few other advocacy publications that are
available that affect foster and adoptive families. They are:
Child Views - a bi-weekly
newsletter from the the Joan and Lyle Middleton Center for
Children's Rights. The focus is on child welfare
issues, with an emphasis on the legal issues involved.
Every Child Matters - a
national nonprofit organization
devoted to improving the lives of children and families by
advocating for better public policy during federal and state
campaigns.
Child Welfare League of America -
learn about Washington's hot issues
surrounding children and families and child welfare
services.
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