Check out resources from Family Voices and our partners. Resources from Family Voices’ policy team are in both English and Spanish, with more languages in development. Partner resources are mainly in English.
Resources on Authentically Engaging Youth in the Policy Process, Child Trends
- Report on Authentic Youth Engagement: Explore what authentic youth engagement in policy looks like.
- Framework with Guiding Questions for Engaging Youth in Policy: Strengthen authentic youth engagement in the policy process with a framework that’ll help you consider these five critical questions:
- How are youth involved?
- At what stages are youth engaged?
- How do organizations empower and support youth?
- What local factors help or hinder authentic youth engagement?
- What outcomes are achieved through authentic youth engagement?
- Practice Profiles Showcasing Engagement of Youth in Action: See what “policy wins” five different youth-serving organizations achieved when they authentically engaged youth.
Journey to Motherhood: A Patient Empowerment Guide, created by Society for Women’s Health Research: This guide features information about the three major phases of the motherhood journey—pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and postpartum—while offering provider, nutrition, and care recommendations to support the mental, physical and emotional health of mothers before, during, and after pregnancy.
Women Depend on Medicaid Across the Lifespan, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families: This fact sheet focuses on how women comprise most of the adult Medicaid population.
Family Voices Public Policy: Stay tuned to our Public Policy page to read our new resources.
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