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STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
• Senate passes supplemental appropriations
• Gov. Granholm on board with House Democratic SBT plan
• Wage parity bills announced by Democrats
• House panel reviews
• Governor Granholm to send letters to schools, physicians
• House Appropriations Human Services Subcommittee to meet Thursday, May 3

STATE EXECUTIVE/ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
• Adoption Training workgroup

On May 29, 2007 the Early Childhood Investment Corporation will host a gathering of parents, teachers, advocates and children to share with legislators the power of investing in early childhood programs. Planned activities include:  7:30am breakfast for early risers on the Capitol Lawn, rally on the Capitol Square East, Interactive Issues Briefing, meetings with your State Senators and/or Representatives  and a wrap-up afternoon snack at the ECIC office. Participants will have the opportunity to educate legislators on how they can impact early childhood services. The meetings with legislators will be scheduled for you. Each participant will have the opportunity at the end of the day to share the day’s experiences in the debriefing sessions. Registration is free for all participants at www.ecic4kids.org/star_power.cfm. For more information, send an e-mail to info@ecic4kids.org or call 517-371-9000

The Trauma and Loss Center of Michigan will host a one-day workshop on May 24, 2007 at the Traverse City Holiday Inn titled “Healing the Inside Child: Cutting Edge Approaches to Stressed and Traumatized Children and Adolescents.” This workshop will focus on helping the angry and defiant youth by addressing trauma and stress. Cutting edge brain research and neurophysiology (body/ mind) considerations will be presented including the concepts of dysregulation/regulation and hyper/hypo arousal. The impact of trauma/stress on the body/mind will be discussed. The course director for this workshop is John Micsak, Regional Clinical Supervisor for Holy Cross Children’s Services. He has over 30 years experience and is a certified trainer. Download the brochure and registration form for more information and cost to attend by clicking here: Trauma and Loss Registration Form

The MSU Kinship Care Resource Center in collaboration with the Funding Center at Michigan State University will offer a “Resources for Grant Writing” workshop on Friday, May 25 at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing, 9:30 AM to noon. The objectives of this workshop will include: (1) Grant resources through MSU Library web pages and the world wide web; (2) Grants for nonprofits; (3) Nonprofit fundraising; and (4) Brief overview of proposal writing. The workshop is funded by the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging. For more information, contact Ama Agyemang at the MSU Kinship Care Resource Center, kinship@msu.edu, or 517-355 9600 or 1-800-535-1218.

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STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
• Governor and legislative leaders agree: SBT replacement is needed now
• Senate Health Policy Committee interested in
• Legislation introduced this week included

STATE EXECUTIVE/ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
• Children’s Rights lawsuit to proceed in federal court

FEDERATION MEMBER NEWS
• Individual membership renewals—The following individuals renewed their Federation Individual membership this week: Barbara MacKenzie, Regional Director at Lutheran Child and Family Service of Michigan; Eric Musum, Director of Information Technology at Lutheran Child and Family Service of Michigan; and Tom Kissling, former Foster Care Review Board Manager and current Board member of Lutheran Child and Family Service of Michigan. Thank you, Barb, Eric and Tom!

FEDERATION ACTIVITIES
• IT MIN
• Residential Treatment MIN
• May 1: Annual HR Training Day
• Member Day at the Capitol