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Advocacy Day 2011

Advocacy Day 2011. Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers A project of Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition. Basic Background: Where do School Health Centers get their funding?.

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Advocacy Day 2011

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  1. Advocacy Day 2011 Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers A project of Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition

  2. Basic Background: Where do School Health Centers get their funding? • From their sponsoring agency e.g., federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), hospitals, school districts, departments of public health, and community healthcare organizations • Insurance reimbursement, if the health center is billing for services • The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) • Federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services • Foundation grants • Individual donors

  3. Department of Human Services • DHS is a huge part of what makes school health run smoothly in Illinois. The School Health Program certifies school health centers, supports SHCs, and doles out about $4.2 million per year directly to SHCs. • The school health programming in DHS has several funding sources: • Title V (Federal Maternal and Child Health Block Grant) • Title XX (Federal Social Services Block Grant) • Tobacco settlement dollars (state level) • Illinois general revenue funds

  4. What Funding is Threatened? Two most important: • Insurance Reimbursement: Legislators have proposed a 6% cut in Medicaid reimbursement rates • DHS funding: all of their funding streams

  5. What are we asking for? At the federal level : • Maintain funds in Title V and Title XX (or limit cuts) At the state level: • Maintain funding in the budget for school health centers. • We ask that The School Health Program be moved as an entire unit to IDPH.

  6. The state is broke. • We know that the state is in a dire financial situation, which is why Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition supported the January tax increases and Medicaid reform as part of a budget compromise. • School health centers are an investment in the health of students and the overall community.

  7. In Summary Our ask is: “Will you commit to maintaining funding and support for School Health Centers?”

  8. Getting Ready for Advocacy Day

  9. Timeline • Mid-February, start talking to students about Advocacy Day • Mid/Late - March, schedule Advocacy Training for students • Now - tentative participation numbers due to ICSHC (as soon as possible) • Tuesday, April 5th, final participation numbers due to ICSHC • Friday, April 7st, Consent forms due to ICSHC • Tuesday, April 12th, Advocacy Day

  10. To do for SHCs: • Identify an adult Team Leader (the school liaison to ICSHC) • And a bus captain (to help coordinate and staff the bus) if you can! • Recruit Students (give Susan an estimate on # of students) • Hold an Advocacy Training with your students • Get teacher/school permission from students • Turn in parental consent forms (due April 7th to ICSHC) • Let Susan know how many students you are bringing by April 5th

  11. What do Team Leaders and Bus Captains do? • The Team Leader • recruits students • collects consent forms • organizes an Advocacy training with students from his/her school • travels to Advocacy Day with students • leads students to legislators during Advocacy Day • The Bus Captain • serves as main authority figure on the bus • works with ICSHC to develop final bus schedule • doles out food and t-shirts to students • notifies Susan as the bus is leaving for Springfield • preps students for Advocacy Day on the bus • maintains attendance sheets • collects evaluations at the end of the day

  12. Day of Agenda 10:30 –11:00am Registration and Lunch Illinois Rehabilitation Facilities, Ginsberg Suites, 3rd Floor 206 S. 6th Street, Springfield, IL 11:00 –11:20am Welcome and Advocacy Day Quick Training 11:20 –11:40am Team Practice and Strategy 11:40am –12:00pm Head to Rally at Capitol Rotunda (short walk) 12:00–12:30pm Rally at Capitol Rotunda   12:30 – 2:30pm Legislative Visits  2:30 – 3:00pm Debrief, Hall of Flags, Howlett Building (directly south of the Capitol Building)   3:00pm Load Buses at Hall of Flags

  13. Legislative Meetings • Contact you Senator and Representative at least 2 weeks before Advocacy Day. • You can find their phone number at www.ilga.gov. You can even have a student call! • Inform their offices that you will be bringing a group of students from their district and if they have time during the day, you would like to set up a meeting with them. • Try to set something up in the afternoon after 12:30 if possible.

  14. Food and Transit Logistics • If you are not in Chicago • ICSHC will pay for your breakfast and ask that you pick it up the day before or morning of • Depending on the number of students you are bringing, we will get you a van or bus • If you are within an hour of another SHC you should plan to take a bus with them (Susan will contact you as details are finalized) • If you are in Chicago: • Someone (Divya, Susan, or an intern) will bring you breakfast food on Monday during the day • A charter bus will be at your school to pick up students between 5:30-6:30am (each charter bus will have students from several schools, so there will be several pick ups and drop offs) • You should plan to get back to your school between 7-8pm • Susan will be in contact with you as the bus schedule is finalized

  15. Transportation 2011 - tentative • Austin Community Academy, UICCP, Simpson (West/South Chicago) • Students should be ready for pick up at 6:10am • Little Village, Robeson, South Shore, Carver Military Academy (South Chicago) • Students should be ready for pick up at 6:00am • Senn, Uplift, Roosevelt, Morton East (North/West Chicago) • Student should be ready for pick up at 6:00am • Evanston and Maine East (North Suburbs) • Students should be ready for pick up at 6:10am • Anna Jonesboro (Southern Illinois) • Students should be ready for pick up at 6:30am • Blackhawk Park School Linked, South Beloit (North Central Illinois) • Students should be ready for pick up at 6:15am

  16. Media • Advocacy Day is a great opportunity to generate media attention! • ICSHC will send a mass media advisory, but local media will be more likely to cover this event if you contact them yourself • Let me know if you plan to reach out so we can coordinate

  17. School Health CenterAdvocacy Day Training 2011

  18. Introductions and Ice Breaker

  19. Advocacy: What is it?

  20. Why do we have Advocacy Day?

  21. Why Advocate for School Health Centers?

  22. Finding your Legislators

  23. Speaking with your Legislators

  24. Legislative Role-Plays

  25. Advocacy Day Logistics

  26. Students Need: • CONSENT FORMS • IDs • COMFORTABLE SHOES • NICE CLOTHING (KHAKIS, DRESS PANTS, PROFESSIONAL LOOKING SKIRT) • PERMISSION FROM TEACHERS • POCKET MONEY (Optional) • DISCUSS PICK-UP and DROP-OFF

  27. Contact • Please contact me if you have any questions, suggestions, or comments Susan Hildebrand, Project Coordinator Office: (312) 491-8161 Cell: (515) 835-2400 Email: shildebrand@ilmaternal.org

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