1. NCLR’s Policy and Advocacy Work How do we choose policy issues? How do we approach the work? What roles do components and affiliates play?

2. Choosing Issues Impact –Are lots of people affected? –Are few people affected, but in a big way? Expertise –Can it be done without us? –Can we add something to the debate? –Can someone do it better than us? Resources –Do we have funding to address the issue?

3. Choosing Issues Trade Association Model –Representing the affiliates Creating CBO-run programs Seeking funding for affiliate-run programs Civil Rights Model –Representing the community Protecting Latino, immigrant, and language rights Identifying the “CBO angle”

4. Doing the Work Research and policy analysis Legislative analysis Advocacy Administrative procedures Tracking programs Revisiting

5. Doing the Work Research and policy analysis –What’s the big picture? e.g., high dropout rate Legislative analysis –What laws, proposed bills, can change the landscape? e.g., No Child Left Behind Act, Dropout Prevention Act

6. Doing the Work Advocacy –Coalition work Broaden the affected community to build a larger constituency base. –Grassroots advocacy Can the affiliates, associate members, or others help us make change?

7. Doing the Work Advocacy –Lobbying Who are the players? –Legislators and affiliates Who do we know and trust? –National groups and staffers Who is willing to help? –“Usual suspects” and “surprise partners” What do they need to help us? –Research (“paper”), constituents (affiliate stories), visibility (“photo ops”)

8. Doing the Work Media –Gain and maintain attention on the issue –Primary goals Shape the story and ensure that it is accurate. Advance the policy agenda. –Secondary goals Visibility Superseded by primary goals

9. Doing the Work Administrative procedures –Barriers or opportunities? RFPs, rules, and regulations Tracking programs –Are we being served equitably? Is there underrepresentation of Latinos? –How are we being served? Do the programs effectively serve limited-English- proficient and immigrant communities well? Revisiting –Should we reassess our strategy or our policy?

10. Components and Affiliates “Theory of Action” –Affiliates => Components => ORAL => Components => Affiliates/Community –Affiliates are NCLR’s “Eyes and Ears” –Components provide TA/CS to affiliates/receive feedback from affiliates/provide info to ORAL –ORAL does policy analysis, research, etc./develops policy advocacy strategy & feeds back to Components/feed back to affiliates

11. Components and Affiliates California Universal Preschool Project –Goal is to ensure that NCLR’s CA affiliates are part of UPK system –Development of project/activities Universal Preschool identified as issue in California by affiliates, C2E2, and ORAL ORAL/C2E2 collaboration on research, policy analysis, fundraising DC/Sacto, ORAL/C2E2 staff funded Subgrants to affiliates, develop CNAN ECE Task Force Policy development, advocacy with significant ECE Task Force participation

12. Keeping Updated Sign up for updates at NCLR’s Action Center: http://capwiz.com/nclr/home/http://capwiz.com/nclr/home/ Feel free to ask ORAL staff. No, really; we don’t bite.