Advocacy Materials

2011 Fact Sheets

We developed the following educational materials to enhance our advocacy efforts and assist you in yours.  If there is a particular issue area on which a fact sheet would be useful to you, and you do not see one here, please let us know. 

• Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Division Fact Sheet

• PEI Program Descriptions

• Services to At-Risk Youth (STAR) Program Fact Sheet

• Services to At-Risk Youth (STAR) Program Provider Map

• Community Youth Development (CYD) Program Fact Sheet

• Maintain Current Funding for Foster Care Reimbursement Rates

• One-Pager on Protecting Foster Youth from Identity Theft

• One-Pager on Increasing State Agency Coordination for Serving Runaway and Homeless Youth

Internet Resources

We have have compiled a list of resources to assist you in your state and national level advocacy efforts. Resources include sites with data on children and youth, information on the legislative process and up-to-date research on youth issues.  For a list resources click here.

Advocacy Guides

We have also developed a "TNOYS Membership Legislative Advocacy Guide" that includes tips and tools for legislative advocacy and lobbying.  The guide is for our members only, and it is specifically designed for those who work in the youth services field.  If you are a member and you would like your free copy, please let us know.

In addition, our "We Want Change" advocacy and activism guide is geared specifically to youth, and it is available through our Youth in Action program.    

2009 Coalition Group Materials

TNOYS is actively involved in several advocacy coalition groups, through which we collaborate with other child and youth serving organizations to promote a public policy agenda that prioritizes Texas' youth and families!  Coalition materials for the 82nd Texas Legislative Session are coming soon!

Several of these coalitions have adopted shared legislative agendas.  These coalitions include:

• Child Protective Services Roundtable, led by Tex Protects

• Juvenile Justice Roundtable, led by Texans Care For Children

• Children's Mental Health Forum, led by Texans Care For Children

In addition, we are also working with the following coalition groups:

• Texas CHIP Coalition, led by CPPP, Texans Care For Children, and CDF Houston

• Texas Safe Schools Coalition, led by Equality Texas

• Education Works Texas Coalition, led by the Texas Freedom Network and Planned Parenthood

• A coalition for crisis mental health services, led by Mental Health America, Texas

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