The Children’s Center presents
Advocacy Day
May 8, 2013
Child & Family Issues, Children’s Mental Health, Foster Care Awareness
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.
- 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 and Educators.
Advocacy Day Sample Itinerary:
Morning:
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Afternoon:
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7:15 AM
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Departure (Detroit)
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11:45 AM
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Lunch &
Keynote Speaker
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9:00 AM
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Legislative Meetings & Committee Hearings
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1:30 PM
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House Session
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10:00 AM
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Senate Session & Committee Hearings
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2:30 PM
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Legislative Meetings
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11:00 AM
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Legislative Meetings & Committee Hearings
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3:15 PM
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Departure (Lansing)
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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 treated equally 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; and, to have the ability to shape their own futures.
