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Legislative Advocacy Committee

The purpose is to advocate for legislative priorities established by the Community Alliance.  The Alliance has adopted seven legislative priorities for FY 2007:  Medicaid Reform Initiative, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Initiative, Florida 2-1-1 Network, Voluntary Prekindergarten Program Implementation, Affordable Housing, Additional Funding for HIPPY Program, and Foster Parent Automobile Insurance Pilot Project.
  • Elliott Metcalfe (Chair), Public Defender, Twelfth Judicial Circuit
  • Dr. Kay Glasser, Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center
  • Peter Howard, Child Development Center, Inc.
  • Lee Johnson, YMCA Children and Family Services
  • Doug Kerr, Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County
  • Bill Little, Sarasota County Health and Human Services
  • Janice Mee, Interested Citizen
  • Dr. Jerry Thompson, Coastal Behavioral Health, Inc.
  • Alex Young, United Way of Sarasota County
  • Dorothy Zech, Sarasota County Intergovernmental Relations

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