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Child & Family Issues Advocacy Day
May 8, 2013 @ 7:00 am
The Children’s Center presents
Child & Family Issues, Children’s Mental Health, Foster Care Awareness
Advocacy Day 2013
Help erase stigma and give voice to the issues facing children & families living with mental illness, emotional, behavioral, or developmental disorders, trauma and within the foster care system.
Child & Family Advocates will travel to Lansing on May 8, 2013 to meet with State legislators, engage in advocacy related dialogue, and raise awareness about the issues:
- HealthCare Reform & Behavioral Health Parity
- Medicaid Expansion
- Expanding Funding for Early Childhood Education
- Mental Health Services and K-12 Partnerships
- Funding Equity for Foster Care Services
Who Should Attend? Child & Family Advocates, Foster Care Families, Social Workers, Children’s Mental Health Consumers, Community Partners, & Schools & Educators.
Advocacy Day Sample Itinerary:
Morning:
7:15 AM Departure (Detroit)
9:00 AM Legislative Meetings & Committee Hearings
10:00 AM Senate Session
11:00 AM Legislative Meetings & Committee Hearings
Afternoon:
11:45 AM Lunch & Keynote Speaker
1:30 PM House Session
2:30 PM Legislative Meetings & Committee Hearings
3:15 PM Departure (Lansing)
Registration: Click here to RSVP by April 22, 2013. Send questions to Clarence Gayles: Cgayles@childrensctr.net or 313.969.5696.
The Children’s Center’s Guiding Principles
- Behavioral health is an important part of a child’s total physical health diagnosis
- Behavioral health treatment should be equally treated within the law
- All children reserve the right to be treated fairly, to have all of their health care, educational, recreational, and basic personal needs met, as well as to have the ability to shape their own futures
