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Registration for our 2025 Week of Action and Day of Action is now open! Week of Action: https://lnkd.in/gXXJ8G69 Day of Action: https://lnkd.in/gBFde4e7 The Week of Action is back with virtual events February 3rd - 5th, focused on priority issues and legislation in Empower Missouri's core issue areas. Join us over your lunch hour for learning sessions that will each take a deep dive into one of the issues that we’re working on this legislative session, followed by a call to action related to that issue. We’ll also have some skill building opportunities and wrap up with time for Q&A. All sessions held from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. on Zoom: *Monday, February 3rd - Food Security *Tuesday, February 4th - Community Justice *Wednesday, February 5th - Affordable Housing And new this year, our annual Day of Action will be held separately, on Tuesday, February 25th. This is your opportunity to spend the day at the Capitol with the support of Empower Missouri and other advocates, putting skills into action. We’ll rally as a group and hear from special guest speakers, meet with legislators, attend hearings, and support anti-poverty legislative actions. Lunch will be provided for all registered participants. Attendance at Week of Action sessions is encouraged but not required to participate in our Day of Action. We need your voice in Jefferson City! Image description: "2025 Week of Action: Change Policy. Change Lives." with the dates, times, and link above #Missouri #Policy #ChangingPolicyChangesLives #Learning #MOleg #Advocacy

ICYMI: ✍ What did we learn from the The Labour Party, The Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats party conferences? Our Public Affairs Lead Joss MacDonald gives his key takeaways in our latest blog: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ehy6J6qX #RecipeForChange #NourishingtheNation

The Schaefer Center for Public Policy has had a lot happening in the past few months. Read our December Newsletter to see all of the highlights! Sign up for our emails to stay updated on all upcoming events and news! https://lnkd.in/ewytG-iT #schaefercenterforpublicpolicy #schaefercenter #publicservice #CertifiedPublicManager #nextgenleadersforpublicservice #ubalt #schaefercenter40

Children and young people placed in Alternative Care Arrangements like hotels and caravan parks are missing out on the relationships they need to thrive. There are many insightful and heartbreaking observations from kids placed in ACAs, in this final report of the Special Inquiry from the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People (ACYP). Their voices reflect the extent to which these children and young people are missing out on safety, stability and love. For example, interactions with ACA workers are described as “an exchange only focused on gaining access to basic necessities, such as food, phone credit or transport, rather than a kind, caring and supportive relationship.” One NGO submission to the inquiry observed that adolescence is a time for consolidating life skills but “instead of being in a stable, secure environment where they’re feeling that they’re loved and connected, these kids are sitting in a motel room where they’re consolidating the idea that they are unloved.” The report notes a young person who, willing to participate in a private hearing for the Special Inquiry, later chose not to unless it led to a change in her current placement. Here is a young person trying to use any leverage available to get out of their ACA. 🙏 Thank you to the ACYP for continuing to give a voice to these young people and pushing for system change. As the report concludes: “There is an opportunity to reimagine how we support children, young people and their families to thrive – jointly with government, non-government and services that support children and young people. This process should be done with the outcomes of children and young people as the focus, and in a manner which takes account of their experiences.” Once again, we have a clear indicator of why we urgently need a complete transformation of NSW child protection and OOHC into a Child Connection System, with relationships at the centre: ⭐ Where children and young people in child protection and out-of-home care can have meaningful, enduring and genuine relationships with the adults who are raising them.   ⭐ Where carers and care workers are actively supported in building meaningful relationships with children and families.  ⭐ Where there are strong community networks with the resources they need to deliver relational programs to children and families, so children don’t need to enter the child protection system. Stay tuned for our upcoming report, in partnership with the James Martin Institute for Public Policy, which examines how to transform NSW child protection and OOHC into a Child Connection System, placing relationships at the centre. #childconnectionsystem Zoë Robinson Shannon Longhurst Una O'Neill Allan M.

Act Now: The RISE Policy Summit early bird deadline in approaching this Friday January 10! This premier event brings leaders in housing, care, and services for older adults to tackle critical policy issues, navigate evolving regulations, and advocate directly with California legislators. Don't miss this opportunity to make an impact and help shape the future of our field. Register Now: https://lnkd.in/gMgF8ybU #LeadingAgeCA #RISEPolicySummit #LeadingAge #CaliforiaPolicy

A new resource from Max Bell Foundation: "Evaluating Advocacy for Developing, Adopting and Implementing Public Policy." To find success, policy advocates need to monitor, evaluate, and adapt as they go. This guide is intended to help with that dimension of the work. It summarizes the state of the art of evaluation tools a policy advocate may want to draw on in designing their own evaluation strategy. Its author, Mark Cabaj, is among Canada’s leading thinkers in the evaluation world, and he has organized the guide with the needs of policy advocates in mind. https://lnkd.in/gsRQi6ki #evaluation #policy #advocacy

Citizens need good governance to make their lives better. Leaders who verbally castigate all who work in government are not working to improve government. We need individuals who can solve issues and innovate to improve that government. #governance #federalgovernment #effectivebureaucracies #effectiveleaders #leadership #goodgovernance

Well written and well said.

Last week, I learned more about local government and its direct impact on leadership. Local leaders are accountable to their communities, making transparency and collaboration essential. The adaptability needed to address unique local challenges is a powerful reminder of the importance listening and leading with empathy. #LeadershipOntario

📩 Our open letter to party leaders, signed by more than 30 care-experienced young people & growing, calls on the future Government to make the care system better. The next Government needs to deliver change for care-experienced children and young people. There are 84,000 children in care in England right now, and far too many of them are being let down by a care system that is not meeting their needs.     Read the open letter & share our key asks: https://lnkd.in/eFcsdkG6