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Overview Participating and contributing agencies Event dates and locations More information Training materials

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For more information, contact: Mariah Chrans at 913-486-8568 Frank Thompson at 816-513-6244 To register for a training sessions please email us, call 816-513-6008 and ask for the Health Commission, or download the registration form, fill it out and fax it to 816-513-6293.

"All's Well?" community advocacy training

Overview

"All's Well?" is a community-based advocacy training. The Kansas City Health Commission, along with several other participating agencies, is hosting these community advocacy training events. Community residents are invited to participate in these advocacy trainings through contact networks for the agencies involved. The goal is to empower more residents to become engaged in advocating for issues that will reduce the impact of poverty on communities within Kansas City.

“All’s Well?” will focus on six topic areas that directly relate to reducing the impact of poverty on community outcomes:

• Health
• Hunger
• Housing
• Safety
• Economic Security
• Education.

Residents will be encouraged to become engaged on one or more topics based on their own interest. The coalition developing the training series includes agencies that have a history of advocating for improvements in these six topic areas

Participating and contributing agencies

Participating agencies as of March 1, 2010, include:

	Aim 4 Peace		Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO)
	Habitat for Humanity		Highland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
	Kansas City Health Department		Kansas City Quality Improvement Consortium
	Kansas City’s Medicine Cabinet		Mother and Child Health Coalition
	MO Health Advocacy Alliance		Missourians to End Poverty
	Our Health Matters Magazine		Partnership For Children
	Ramsey and Associates Design		Research Medical Center-Brookside Campus
	United Services Community Action Agency

Contributing agencies as of March 1, 2010, include:

	Environmental Protection Agency – Region VII		Mid-America Regional Council
	Metropolitan Lutheran Ministries

Event dates and locations:

• Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Salvation Army Northland Corps
• Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Center High School
• Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 10am to noon, Health Department
• Saturday, May 1, 2010,9 a.m.-11a.m., Research Medical Center-Brookside Campus

Training materials:

Advocacy: Ten steps to effective advocacy 2008 Child advocacy toolkit Advocacy message worksheet Advocacy phone call sample script Alliance for Justice definition of lobbying All's Well? advocacy presentation How your idea can become law Legislative advocacy toolkit Meeting with legislators Missouri government quiz Partnership for Child's 2008 electoral advocacy toolkit Sample advocacy message worksheet - budget cuts Sample letter for All's Well? Schoolhouse Rock - How a Bill Becomes a Law (video) Education 2008-2009 Missouri school accountability report Advocacy issue fact sheet - education School - Community Connection brief School - Community Connection key findings references Schools First packet Schools First white paper Housing Advocacy issue factsheet - housing Renovate Right brochure Habitat for Humanity - Hope is Building Habitat for Human Kansas City brochure Hunger Advocacy issue factsheet - hunger Food Research and Action Center - State of Missouri 2007 hunger Hunger in Amercia local key findings Metro Lutheran Ministries brochure Safety Advocacy issue factsheet - public safety Twelve things students can do to stop violence Aim4Peace brochure Neighborhood Watch program checklist Starting a neighborhood watch Synergy Services brochure Take back your neighborhood

Economic Scurity: 2009 United Services Community Action Agency (USCAA) needs assessment Advocacy issue fact sheet - economic security Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: who pays? Missouri "Who pays?" fact sheet Rooting out Poverty report by the Community Action Partnership Missouri Association for Social Welfare brochure USCAA 2009 program brochure USCAA Community Empowerment Collaborations brochure Health Advocacy issue factsheet - health MoHealthNet managed care - Consumer Advisory Committee Blue Advantage Plus brochure (English) Blue Advantage Plus brochure (Spanish) Children's Mercy Family Health Partners Dedicated Dads program brochure Health Resources Guide (English) Health Resources Guide (Spanish) HealthCare USA - Healthy Kids brochure HealthCare USA - participating club fact sheet Legal Aid of Western Missouri - Advocates for Family Health brochure (English and Spanish) Mother and Child Health Coalition Comunity Resource Directory (English) Mother and Child Health Coalition Comunity Resource Directory (Spanish) MoHealthNet for Kids application (English) MoHealthNet for Kids application (Spanish) Mother and Child Health Coalition brochure Truman Medical Center overview Supplemental materials 2009-2010 Public officials directory Advocacy issue factsheet template Commission to Build a Healthier America - social determinants message translation MOLINA Healthcare resource guide for Kansas City White House overview of health reform law Unnatural Causes - letter Unnatural Causes - description Larry Adelman article - "Our Greatest Health Concern" Unnatural Causes - about each episode Unnatural Causes - primers