2023 Disability Policy Seminar Orientation and Policy Education 101 Workshop: Preparing to Educate Policymakers in DC and at Home
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3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Virtual
Webinar Description:
This workshop helped trainees learn how to educate policymakers in DC and at home. It also taught trainees how to connect their experience and expertise to policy. Finally, the workshop helped prepare trainees for the virtual 2023 Disability Policy Seminar that was on Monday, April 24th, and the fly-in hill day on Thursday, April 27th.
AUCD’s Policy Team and Invited Guests reviewed:
- the basics of how the federal government works;
- received tips for meeting with and educating policymakers; and
- how to frame policy priorities for effective impact.
For Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leaders, the workshop helped address Policy, one of the 12 Maternal and Child Health Leadership Competencies.
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Meeting Materials
- AUCD Public Policy
- AUCD Budget and Appropriations
- Autism CARES Act of 2019
- Policy Terms in Plain Language
- Appropriations with Rylin Rodgers and Liz Weintraub
- S.100-Better Care Better Jobs Act
- H.R.547 - Better Care Better Jobs Act
- Bob Casey Website-Casey, Dingell Introduce Bill to Provide Historic, Permanent Investment in Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities
- Tuesdays with Liz: Congressman Chris Smith Discusses Autism CARES Act
- Lobbying vs. Educating
- The Federal Budget Process
- Transcript!
Presented by AUCD's Policy and Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Center (ITAC) on Autism and Developmental Disabilities Teams