Mary Beth Salomone Testa brings more than 20 years of experience in team-building, advocacy, and policy development at the federal, state and local level. As a consultant, she offers strategic analysis, technical assistance, expert strengths-based facilitation and mobilization.
State allies can call on MBST to:
In particular, MBST has extensive expertise on child care licensing policy and practice, federal and state choices with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and opportunities of the flexibilities of CCDBG and the CCDF State Plans.
The work of systems change includes exploring policy reform, behavioral shifts and investment strategies. It also includes understanding how investments and smart policies can be coupled with focusing on approaches that center strengths and relationships based on mutual respect when implementing program and policy change.
Effective family child care engagement must be rooted in strategy and respect, and MBST can help Alliance state allies engage effectively. Together we can center community voices, backed by data and policy analysis, to build a coordinated message about challenges and the path to solutions.
MBST creates timely, meaningful and engaging opportunities to bring people together, and translate what we heard into clear next steps to advance the organization and coalition goals. This can include meeting design, facilitation, and materials to support a unified advocacy message.
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