1. State Policy Issues in Focus AGENDA (75 minutes) Recent State Legislative Issues & What Could be Headed Your Way, 10 min Small Group Discussions, 15 min Best Practices, 30 min A. Successful coalition work, 10 min B. Engaging local policy makers, 10 min C. Unique messaging ideas, 5 min D. Other best practices from group? 5 min Next Steps, 20 min A. What strategy/tactic discussed will you try to achieve public policy goals? B. ACA Connect Private Group: Forum for state leaders to strategize Public Policy & Legislation

2. Volunteer to be Timekeeper? Public Policy & Legislation

3. 1) Religious Discrimination bills – Gordon Gray, AzCA Advocacy Chair 2) Counselors Unable to Diagnose – Bob Dobmeier, President Elect of AADA & past chair for ACA-NY 3) Counselor Coverage under State Medicaid – John Yasenchak, MeCA Past- President Public Policy & Legislation Recent State Legislative Issues & What Could be Headed Your Way (10 minutes)

4. 1. Thinking about strategies & tactics, what are your association’s challenges to getting public policy work done? 2. How have coalitions, alliances, or partnerships played a role in your work? (Challenges &/or Successes) After 10 minutes, we will share out to the larger group. Public Policy & Legislation Small Group Discussions (15 minutes)

5. Best Practices (35 minutes) 1. Successful coalition work (ACA divisions & other professions) – John & Gordon 10 min 2. Engaging local policy makers – Le’Ann 10 min 3. Message campaigns (considering audiences & creative ways to get decision makers attention) – Gordon 10 min 4. Call on participants to offer other best practices – John 5 min Public Policy & Legislation

6. Next Steps: Large Group Discussion (10 minutes) What strategy/tactic discussed will you try to reach public policy success? Public Policy & Legislation

7. Next Steps, Cont. (10 minutes) ACA Connect – We can create a private, online forum for select ACA Leaders to strategize and share state policy ideas. http://community.counseling.org/Home/ Public Policy & Legislation

8. Presenter’s Contact Info: Bob Dobmeier, President Elect of AADA and Past President of ACA-NY rdobmeie@brockport.edu rdobmeie@brockport.edu Gordon Gray, Advocacy Chair for Arizona Counseling Association gordongray@me.com Summer Reiner, North Atlantic Region Chair sreiner@brockport.edu Le’Ann Solmonson, President of Texas Counseling Association lsolmonson@sfasu.edu John Yasenchak, Past-president of Maine Counseling Association yasenchakj@husson.edu Thank you for your participation!