HCHY List: Fwd: Help Spread the Word! NCY Children & Youth Policy Agenda

[Gene Roehlkepartain]

Greetings, Asset Builders,

The new child and youth policy agenda posted today by the National
Collaboration for Youth may interest many of you.  you can read about it
below, then download it from NCY. Lots of good work to be done!

Enjoy.

Warmly,
Gene

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From: National Human Services Assembly <agoldstein at nassembly.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Subject: Help Spread the Word! NCY Children & Youth Policy Agenda
To: gener at search-institute.org


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    Introducing *"Toward a Brighter Future: An Essential Agenda for
America's Young People*"!

Thank you to the NCY Washington Group for your work on this important
agenda! Now, we need your help as we roll out these exciting recommendations
to the Presidential campaign advisors and Congressional Leadership. To help
build support and spread awareness of these important policy recommendations
we are asking member organizations to:

   1. Highlight the *Agenda* through an e-blast or newsletter. The *Agenda =
*and
   Press Release are attached.
   2. Place the *Agenda* on your organizations webpage.
   3. Use as a basis for promoting children and youth priorities when
   speaking with Congressional and Agency staff. [image:
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Thank you, again, for your help in forming these policy recommendations and
please let Natalie Thompson (nthompson at nassembly.org) know if you are
willing to help us spread the word!

*Sample Blurb:
**JUST RELEASED!** *The National Collaboration for Youth (NCY), a 40 year
old coalition of youth-serving nonprofits, has proposed a national children
and youth policy agenda, *"Toward a Brighter Future: An Essential Agenda for
America's Young People"*. The agenda and policy recommendations within are
essential to meeting the needs of America's children and youth in 2009 and
beyond. While most would agree that "children are our greatest asset," the
federal government's investment in children and youth continues to decline.
According to the First Focus *Children's Budget Book, *federal spending on
children decreased by 10% in the past five years. The policy
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contains an overarching set of recommendations for federal policy changes
and investments designed to move this nation toward a brighter future and
invest in the needs of our children and youth.

*View the Agenda at:
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