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What's New in Public Policy?

Please take a moment to check out CADCA's Policy Change Toolbox, a new tool that supplies the user with a directory of unique and specific local ordinances, policies, and regulations that community anti-drug coalitions have worked to enact, and a description of the steps taken by coalitions to make these changes occur.

Coalitions around the country have, and currently are, implementing a variety of environmental strategies at the local and state levels. As a result, CADCA often receives a number of questions from coalition leaders about the difference between lobbying and advocacy, and which activities they can or cannot engage in. Click here to view answers to these frequently asked questions. Advocacy is legal and vital. Don’t let your fears of improper fund usage scare you away from making an impact on the legislative process.

Meth Caucus Sign-On Letter

Sixteen members (8 Democrats and 8 Republicans) of the House Congressional Caucus to Fight

and Control Methamphetamine signed on to a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee on May 16th, outlining their FY 2009 funding priorities for federal programs to control illegal drug production and use. Included in their priorities were the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program, which they asked appropriators to fund at a level of $90 million, and the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) program, which they asked to be funded at a level of $355 million. View letter

DFC Sign-On Letters

Senators Biden (D-DE) and Grassley (R-IA) circulated a FY 2009 sign-on letter to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. This letter was signed by 40 Senators (28 Democrats, 10 Republicans and 2 Independents). View letter

Congressmen Levin (D-12th/MI) and Souder (R-3rd/IN) circulated a FY 2009 sign-on letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. This letter was signed by 93 Representatives (77 Democrats and 16 Republicans). View letter

SDFSC Sign-On Letters

Senators Dodd (D-CT) and Grassley (R-IA) circulated a FY 2009 sign-on letter to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education. This letter was signed by 37 Senators (31 Democrats, 5 Republicans and 1 Independent). View letter

Congressmen Levin (D-12th/MI) and Souder (R-3rd/IN) circulated a FY 2009 sign-on letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education. This letter was signed by 91 Representatives (79 Democrats and 12 Republicans). View letter

FY09 President's Budget

On Monday, February 4th, President Bush released his FY 2009 Budget Request to the general public. In it, he recommended cutting a number of vital substance abuse prevention and treatment programs. CADCA’s Public Policy Department issued a legislative alert that includes a summary of the President’s Budget Request for programs of interest to our field, as well as the FY 2009 Field Request numbers.

   CADCA Presidential Primary Election Guide 2008

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CONGRESSIONAL TOOL KIT SUMMARY

CADCA membership ensures that your interests in legislation and funding for substance abuse prevention, treatment and research are represented on Capitol Hill by CADCA's public policy team. The team tracks all pertinent legislation and keeps CADCA members abreast of developments through Legislative Alerts and Updates. CADCA's public policy team has designed a state of the art Congressional Toolkit that will: (1) provide tips on how to be an effective advocate for our field; (2) keep you abreast of fast-breaking legislative action; and (3) instantly connect you to your elected officials in Washington, D.C. Your CADCA Congressional Toolkit will bring you a step closer to the Congressional happenings in Washington by assisting you in: (1) identifying your elected officials; (2) writing to members of your Congressional delegation via e-mail; (3) obtaining information about each member of Congress and the Senate; and (4) accessing all of CADCA's Legislative Alerts, Updates, and sample letters. The toolkit also includes a CADCA advocacy tutorial to help you understand how to most effectively make the case for legislation and enhanced resources for your coalition as well as for the entire substance abuse prevention, treatment and research field.

ABOUT CADCA's CONGRESSIONAL TOOLKIT
This Congressional Toolkit is here to assist you. We have tried to make it as user friendly as possible, and we want you to consider this your instruction manual. On this page you will find a summary of the Congressional Toolkit

The Links page provides links to sites the public policy team finds useful, including links to view elected officials' voting records, view actual legislation and links to the official websites of the House and the Senate.