FST Stimulus Package Support

Thank you for your interest in supporting the FST Stimulus Package.  Success relies on the ability of people like you voicing your support through contact with FST and local legislators.

Contact Your State Legislators!

Who is my elected official?

You may find out who your elected official is at the following website:  http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

How can I call my elected official?
Click here to download a list of phone numbers.

How do I mail to the elected official?

To send mail to a Senator, you can just write to:
The Honorable (Name)
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510

To send mail to a Representative, take a look at this list.

Contacting the Education Committees - House of Representatives and Senate

The Honorable George Miller
Chairman, Committee on Education & Labor
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20510
 
You can email the chairman (George Miller) by filling out a web form at this link: http://georgemiller.house.gov/contactus/2007/08/post_1.html

The Honorable Edward Kennedy

Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
 
To email the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions, write to help_comments@help.senate.gov.
 

Supporters & Testimonials

Wisconsin Cares, Inc., strongly supports using the Economic Stimulus Package to invest in our social infrastructure by assisting struggling families through the Families And Schools Together (FAST) program.

A $1 billion investment in the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program would directly generate 22,000 jobs across 1000 schools and serves 100,000 families with 1.2 million family members.

Evaluations of 1900 FAST implementations across 48 states have found that FAST significantly increases parent involvement in schools; improves child school performance and reduces delinquency; increases social capital among parents; and leads to improved child-parent and student-teacher interaction by building protective factors for children and families.

FAST can absorb funding and scale up rapidly through its existing network of 300 certified FAST trainers nationwide. This network can train staff and launch new FAST sites at a rate of 125 per quarter, meaning that all 1000 schools can be active within two years of the initiative's launch.

Jack C. Westman, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Wisconsin Cares, Inc. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI

Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent of the Department of Public Instuction, has agreed to lend her name to the FST economic stimulus package.  She is hoping that her name and title will lend support
Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, WI

I am right on this!! As a matter of fact, just last night I copied the addresses down of my legislators here in Lynchburg, Va. I am also going to encourage all schools I have FAST at beginning with the superintendents down to principals and teachers to respond to this. I will have Januwaa communicate this with all FAST partners. This is great!!
Hester Bruce

Please let me know how I can assist. I was part of a team that worked with the United Way of Greater Los Angeles to bring FAST to L.A. schools. After training as a leader, I was able to see the full power of the program, and the way that it positively impacted families. It was awe inspiring! We'd like to bring it back through our agency.
Donna Domroy
Director of Corporate Projects
Kedren Community Health Center, Inc.

I will send this to my congressman. I think it is a wonderful goal. I know FAST works as I have seen the results.
Jeanette Furan

Rest assured that even here in the Philippines, particularly the Mt. Apo Foundation, Incorporated will send a position letter regarding your request.
Zaldy L. Bornea
Makilala, Cotabato

Consider it done. I just hit the send button on my email to my senator.
Katie Jacobson
Elem Student Assistance Coordinator
Campbell County School District
Gillette, WY

Congratulations on the economic stimulus package. I hope it goes through for everyone. This would be a wonderful opportunity for several schools to begin the FAST program and to see the wonderful success that FAST can achieve.
Jill Hopper


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