Youth Advocacy and Policy

Understanding policy and advocating for one’s cause is one of the best ways for youth to get involved. It provides youth with a way for their voice to be heard on important issues that may affect them or other youth around them. To help youth get more involved in policy and advocacy efforts, we have included some tools and resources for your use. Check out some of the great webinars, articles and guides we have for your use.

Youth Advocacy Webinar Series

This four part weinbar series was developed in partnership with Georgetown University's National TA Center for Children's Mental Health.

Download the webinar series now!

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Youth Focus

Youth Focus is a section from the National Federation of Families newsletter that is dedicated to providing you with tools and resources that can help you grow your advocacy and policy skills. Each issue focuses in on a differnet topic and are written by Eric Lulow, the Youth Involvement Associate.. We have made three of the issues available for you to either view on our website or download to your computer.

Download the Youth Focus series now!

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Youth Voice in Policy

Youth Voice in Policy is a guide developed by the National Federation and Pathways RTC. In this guide you will learn the basic skills you need to advocate for the issues you feel are important. This guide was made specifically for youth who have received mental health services and who have experienced multiple child-serving systems. Sharing that experience is a key part of effective advocacy. But before you can go and tell the world what’s what, you need to understand how policy fits together.

Click here to download a copy of the guide.