Children?s Health Fund 1. Investigate the group?s key ?issues 2. What is their mission 3. What is their legislative age

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         All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraph

         Bulleted responses are not accepted

         Don't write in the first person 

         Don't copy and paste the questions.

         All paragraphs must be answered objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer them when you start the paragraph     

       Use the speaker note briefly to provide substantial and objective information

         Submit 1 document per part

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Children’s Health Fund PPP-15 slides

1. Investigate the group’s key  issues

2. What is their mission

3. What is their legislative agenda

4. How is the agenda developed

5. How is it communicated to members

6. How is their agenda pushed and promoted (i.e., mechanisms used to engage/attract and influence policy makers)

7. What are the group’s current lobbying efforts; 

8. Key partner coalitions

9. Do their partnerships influence policies at the local, state or national level; 

10. key obstacles

11. Spending allocations (consult the Center for Responsible Politics, www.opensecrets.org).

In addition to investigating the interest group’s website and reviewing position statements and testimony, should consult media reports to obtain more information on the group’s current lobbying efforts

Part 2: Memo- Children’s Health Fund

Should summarize their findings in 3 pages about part 1

1. Describe 3 learning objectives

2. Make an introduction 

4. Investigate the group’s key issues 

5. The group’s mission 

6. Legislative agenda 

7. Mechanisms used to engage/attract and influence policy makers 

8. Current lobbying efforts 

9. Key partner coalitions

10. Do their partnerships influence policies at the local, state or national level: key obstacles 

11. Spending allocations (consult the Center for Responsible Politics, www.opensecrets.org). 

12. Conclusion