Family Engagement Framework
Families with young children are essential to informing policy solutions and strategies to achieve them, and, as such, are important partners to state advocacy organizations.
Advocacy organizations may engage families directly or through partnerships with organizations that have established relationships with families. Family engagement happens across entire organizations or coalitions, for targeted policy campaigns, or for specific funded initiatives. How organizations engage with families in policy advocacy efforts varies widely due to a range of factors, including capacity and resources
Across the continuum, effective family engagement in advocacy is rooted in trusting relationships between organizations and families themselves.
This family engagement framework is intended to support advocates with exploring how they engage and partner with families to advance their policy advocacy efforts across the continuum of listening to families, integrating families as advisors, and sharing power with families.
