[ACLU-CU ALERT] Fwd: Witness Slips Needed for HB 4781

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

Good afternoon members and friends on the ACLU local list

Please consider supporting this bill with a witness slip (content and
procedure below), NOT as ACLU but as yourself-- IF of course, on due
consideration you agree. The bill offers  more support for family relatives
caring for a child who might otherwise be in foster care. DCFS referred to
below is  the Department of Children and Family Services

Once you have filed your first witness slip, whether for this or later, you
will find it is easy to do again.  Witness slips DON"T mean you want to
testify, but you need only check the box Record of Appearance Only and our
reps will know you do or don't support a given bill. So it is a handy civic
tool. Even if you know that a given representative does support a bill you
favor, weighing in matters. I can remember cases in earlier years where a
legislator supporting a bill was taking heat for doing so, and it helped to
know  that voters did want it. Or didn't, for that matter.  If your vote
matters, then think about this tool as a vote between one election and the
next.

As you know, we have started a monthly newsletter, but this issue came up
before our early April issue is due.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ed Yohnka <Eyohnka at aclu-il.org>
Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Subject: Witness Slips Needed for HB 4781
To: Ed Yohnka <Eyohnka at aclu-il.org>


To all,



We need your help with witness slips in Springfield this week.



*HB 4781* <https://www.aclu-il.org/en/legislation/kinship-demand-kind-act> –
the KIND Act – has been assigned to the Illinois House Adoption & Child
Welfare Committee which will meet on Wednesday, March 20 at 2 PM. The bill
provides equitable support for kinship care and guardianship benefits to
improve outcomes for DCFS-involved youth who are in relative care, as well
as increase the capacity of relatives to become caregivers delivering
permanency for more youth. The Committee needs to know there is support for
this measure through the filing of witness slips.



*Take action today in support of HB 4781 by filling out a witness slip, and
mark yourself as a proponent.*

*FILL OUT A WITNESS SLIP FOR HB 4781*
<https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/152536?committeeHearingId=20739&LegislationId=152536&LegislationDocumentId=190720>
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*WITNESS SLIP INSTRUCTIONS*
<https://www.aclu-il.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/witness_slip_one_pager.pdf>
*:*

*Identification* – Fill in your name and personal contact information

*Representation* – Fill in ‘*SELF*’

*Position* – Check the box next to* PROPONENT*

*Testimony* – Check the box next to *RECORD OF APPEARANCE ONLY*

Check the box agreeing to the ILGA terms of agreement and click the ‘create
slip’ box
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*Take action before the committee meets in support of HB 4781 by filling
out a witness slip, and marking yourself as a proponent.*

*FILL OUT A WITNESS SLIP FOR HB 4781*
<https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/152536?committeeHearingId=20739&LegislationId=152536&LegislationDocumentId=190720>



Thanks for your help on this issue.  We appreciate your participation in
this work.



Ed





Edwin C. Yohnka (he/him)

he/him/his

Director of Communications and Public Policy

ACLU of Illinois

312.201.9740, ext. 305

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