Advocacy Resources

Advocacy

• Adoption Assistance Advocacy Toolkit
• Developing an Advocacy Plan
• Advocacy Basics
• Sample Advocacy Strategies
• Using Personal Stories in Advocacy
• Advocating for Adoption Assistance Webinar
• Advocating for Adoption Assistance
• Building Your Advocacy Toolkit Webinars
• Parents As Changemakers: Effective Policy Advocacy Webinar
• Strategic Sharing: Using Personal Stories for Child Welfare Advocacy
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Accessing Funding for Specialized Youth Permanency Services Webinar
• Effective Collaboration for System Improvement Webinar
• Improving Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being for LGBTQ Youth Webinar
• Be Heard: Youth and Parents As Advocates Webinar
• Positive Youth Development and Youth Advocacy Webinar

Advocacy Tips and Training

• Engaging Constituents in Advocacy
• Tips for Meeting with Legislators
• Find Your Policy Makers
• Messaging

Advocacy Messaging

• Messaging Memo
• Communication Tips
• Quick Tips for Working with the Media
• Building Relationships with the Media to Get Your Message Across
• Sample Commentaries or Letters to the Editor
• Recommendations to Encourage Positive Media Coverage of Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care

Last Updated: November 14, 2024