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Communicating and Collaborating with Agencies and Government Officials

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This assessment has three-parts. Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.

PART I: ADVOCACY BEGINS WITH COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION

Identify an advocacy issue related to children and families in your community, and write a two- to three-page paper that does the following:

  • Explains what the issue is, why it is important in your community context, and why it is important to the early childhood field.
  • Selects an agency and/or organization that you will collaborate with to help you address the advocacy issue you identified.
  • Describes the mission of the agency and/or organization, and explains why you want to collaborate with this specific agency.

PART II: COMMUNICATING AND COLLABORATING WITH AGENCIES

Using the agency you identified in Part I, write a two- to three-page letter to the advocacy agency. Your letter should include:

  • An explanation of the issue(s) for which you are advocating, and why the issue is important in the context of the early childhood field. Use data and/or information from the professional knowledge base to support your explanation.
  • An explanation of why you want to partner with this agency on the issue(s). Your explanation should compel the agency to want to partner with you on the issue.
  • An explanation of how you envision the partnership working, including a specific suggestion regarding how you want the organization to support your advocacy effort.

PART III: COMMUNICATING AND COLLABORATING WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Using the same advocacy issue you identified in Part I, write a two- to three-page letter to a government official in your local, state, or federal government. Your letter should include:

  • An explanation of the issue for which you are advocating, and why the issue is important in the context of the early childhood field. Use data and/or information from the professional knowledge base to support your explanation.
  • A description of the agency with whom you will partner, and how that partnership will assist in the work regarding the advocacy issue.
  • A request of the government official, explaining exactly what he or she can do to support the advocacy effort.

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Last Updated on January 7, 2020

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