Lend Your Voice to Congressional Decision Making

We are working with many of you and other partners – networks that represent thousands of service providers serving thousands of Michigan youth and families hardest hit by the current situation –  combing efforts to gather and present critical information about what is going on on the ground around the state, for service providers themselves and those that they serve, to build the most up-to-date and to inform decision-makers in Congress and the state Legislature as well as Michigan’s philanthropic organizations.

Our network outreach includes partners representing vulnerable groups in education, child care and afterschool programs, adult alternative education programs, home visiting, early intervention, mental health, health care, child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention, foster care, and the juvenile justice system. Staff are using the information collected as we communicate daily with the state’s Congressional delegation as members consider action on another coronavirus relief package. We will continue using information collected to inform state legislative decisions needed, as well as recommendations to philanthropy for their own investment needs.

The time is RIGHT NOW as decisions are being made daily. We hope that families, youth and those who serve them well in our communities will complete this survey.