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Developing A Policy Agenda

Topics:

Needs Assessment

Target Populations

In order to influence public policy, every advocacy effort needs a clear agenda and focus on specific goals. Although many issues potentially can be included in an asset policy agenda, state coalitions have traditionally limited their focus to three or four policies per legislative session in order to keep stakeholders and legislators engaged.   

Moreover, a policy agenda must be based on an understanding of your community’s needs and your state’s political climate. For new or emerging coalitions, for example, the most effective strategy could be an initial focus on highly visible asset preservation issues, such as predatory lending.   


General Resources:

Policy Agenda

Description:

This is a discussion from the first meeting of the Asset Policy Learning Circle on developing a state asset policy agenda. Topics include:

  • Building political support for asset-building policies
  • Determining how broad or deep an asset policy agenda should be in light of coalition makeup and political environment
  • Convincing legislators of the value of asset building policies in tight budgetary times
Author Name: The Learning Circle
Organization Type: Coalition

Policy Agenda

Massachusetts Asset Development Commission's Progress Report (December 2008)

Description: This report on the priority recommendations of the Commission describes how asset building barriers, opportunities, and strategies were analyzed through working groups and community meetings and discussions. As a result of these recommendations, there have been eight bills filed in the MA legislature that attempt to put into practice some of the recommendations of the Commission. This report provides the names of the bills and the recommendations to which they correlate.
Author Name: Massachusetts Asset Development Commission
Organization Type: Other

Massachusetts Asset Development Commission's Progress Report

Assets & CED: A Presentation to Community Legal Resources

Description: This presentation to an organization called Community Legal Resources defines and explains asset building, provides a state-specific policy context, and outline's the Michigan Asset Building Policy Project's major goals.
Author Name: Tony Lentych (Michigan Asset Building Policy Project)
Organization Type: Coalition

Assets & CED.pdf