Now more than ever, organizations and agencies must create ongoing opportunities to center, uplift, and engage the voices of young people and families with lived experience in the child welfare and prevention systems, especially during times of systemic change.
As you work to advance your engagement efforts, you may be asking:
What would meaningful constituent engagement look like within your organization?
What actionable steps can you take, no matter where you are in the process, to authentically include youth and family voices in policy decisions?
- How can you build on existing skills and resources to support a smooth transition to inclusive policy advocacy?
- To help answer these questions and more, Family Voices United has developed the Constituent Engagement Assessment Tool Kit. This resource includes a self-assessment to gauge your organization’s readiness to engage constituents, along with best practices from FosterClub, Children's Trust Fund Alliance, Generations United, and Casey Family Programs.
- Learn more about how your organization can deepen its impact by centering lived experience.
