Who to Write
Please write a letter, using the sample letter if you wish, to:
The Honorable Timothy Kaine
Patrick Henry Bldg., 3rd Floor
1111 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Please cc: your letter to:Marilyn Tavenner Secretary of Health and Human Resources Patrick Henry Building, 4th Floor 1111 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 and toYour Elected Delegate to the State General Assembly (see below, or check online here.) - If your Elected Delegate is Brian Moran and or Senator Dick Saslaw you are encouraged to add a handwritten note at the top of their copy letting them know that you would really appreciate their support.
- If your Senator is Patsy Ticer please thank her for her continued support of Healthy Families Alexandria - she was Mayor when HFA started and is a strong supporter of the program and increased funding.
Please send a Blind Copy (bcc:), for HFA records, to:Holly Sloan, via email at smithsloan@aol.com or 403 South Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Physical letters are preferable to online correspondence; we have tried to make this as easy as possible and thank you for taking the time to help Healthy Families secure this funding so critical to its continued growth.
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Contact Information
Virginia General Assembly - Alexandria Delegation
Richard Saslaw
Northern Virginia Office:
P.O. Box 1856
Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: (703) 978-0200
Fax: (703) 978-1221
vasenate35@aol.com
Richmond Office:
Office of Senator Richard L. Saslaw
P.O. Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
Phone: (804) 698-7535
Constituent Hotline: (800) 889-0229
Adam Ebbin
703-549-8253
PO Box 41870
Arlington, VA 22204
Del_ebbin@house.state.va.us
Brian Moran
4154 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22304
703-370-3770
370-4154
delbmoran@house.state.va.us
David Englin
City Hall
301 King Street, Box 65
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-549-3203
delDenglin@house.state.va.us
Patsy Ticer
PO Box 178
Alexandria, VA 22313
703-549-5770
patsyticer@gmail.com
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What to Write
Including a Sample Letter for your edits
You may use this sample letter as a guide. Our efforts will be more persuasive if each of our letters is personalized. However, if you just have time to add in your personal closing and make sure the appropriate delegates are cc'd, please just use the sample letter.
In the letter to Governor Kaine, ask him to:
- Include $1,421,614 in his proposed FY 2010 budget to support the expansion of the Healthy Families Programs in Alexandria and Culpepper.
- Explain how over time this strategic growth of the program will benefit the entire state.
- Emphasize the importance of early intervention in the lives of our most at risk children.
- Acknowledge that this is a difficult budget year and that you understand hard choices will be made. But in these hard economic times, our most vulnerable families must be helped or the consequences will cost us even more.
- Let the Governor know that you personally support HFA and see it as an essential service in Alexandria. Explain that you are proud to belong to a Giving Circle that selected HFA as its first grant recipient and has supported the program with more than $125,000 in grants and countless volunteer hours.
- Thank the Governor for his commitment to children and early intervention.
Your letter does not need to be long or detailed - you are a citizen advocate and not an expert, so just speak your heart. The important thing is that you let the Governor know it is a priority to fund the expansion of HF. If Governor Kaine includes this request in his budget it significantly increases the likelihood that the Assembly will include it in the final 2010 budget.
Once the Governor has made his determination (literally within weeks) we will begin Phase II of the campaign focused on the General Assembly.
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Key Points and Background
For more information on the points above that might help you as you write your letter, click the link below to be transferred to our website.
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