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If more than one person attends, think about who will chair the meeting and who will cover each agenda item. Use the sample meeting agenda to help you fill in information on the meeting agenda worksheet. Please personalize all sections (underlined) below.  \nMEETING AGENDA  \n1. Introductions (BRIEF) .  \n􀂃 All attendees BRIEFLY introduce themselves and their agency and say one or two sentences about their involvement with the issue of homelessness. If there are more than three people in the meeting, a previously designated chair might want to do the introductions.  \n􀂃 Mention any relationships you have with acquaintances of your senator or representative.  \n2. Thank the senator/representative for something.  \n􀂃 We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for your dedication to improving polices that will allow us to better address homelessness in (COMMUNITY).  \n􀂃 What is the senator’s/representative’s history of support on this issue?  \no Thank him/her for something specific. For example, co-sponsorship of work to support legislation, voting to increase federal funding for key programs, signing on to a Dear Colleague letter in support of increased funding for key programs, or visiting your program recently.  \n3. Purpose of the meeting / Ask(s).  \n􀂃 We are here today to talk to you about the local progress being made in (CITY/STATE) to implement solutions to homelessness, as well as how we can work together to advance our progress. Specifically, we ask that you work in support of (RELEVANT POLICY ISSUE) by (ASK) .  \no Information about current policies is available in your Capitol Hill Day packet and at the Capitol Hill Day Table. The Alliance can help you decide how your Member can have the most impact.  \n4. Tell local stories of personal and community-wide success.  \n􀂃 Members are more likely to support your request when you can demonstrate how much you have accomplished with the resources you have. This shows that you can put the resources to good use.  \n􀂃 Share any community or program-related outcome data. Describe what you do and explain why your program works. Relate the policy issues to your community’s success.  \n􀂃 Tell the story of how you (or an individual/family you know) benefited from a local homeless assistance program.  \n􀂃 Discuss the involvement of interested partners in the community who have come together in your local movement to end homelessness (i.e., business owners, faith-based leaders, local elected and non-elected officials) .  \n5. Describe how this policy issue will impact homeless people and programs in your community.  \n􀂃 Discuss the number and types of individuals, families, youth, or veterans who would benefit from the policy, as well as how they would benefit.  \n􀂃 The Alliance can help you decide what to say if you are not sure.  \n6. Reiterate your ask(s) . Be specific!  \n􀂃 We ask that  (SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE X)…(i.e., send a letter, sign a congressional sign-on letter, co-sponsor legislation, vote a certain way, etc. ) .  \n7. 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