Your Voice Counts for Kids

What is Children First/CIS Advocacy? Is is inspiring community action to build opportunity for children.

Laws, budgets, and regulations passed by our U.S. Congress, NC State Legislature, Buncombe County Commissioners, Asheville City Council, and local school boards impact the health, education, and safety of children everyday. By speaking up, we can make investments in children and youth the top priority for elected leaders.

Children First/CIS works to build a strong, local advocacy voice for our children, youth, and their families. When our leaders create policies that are good for children, it leads to better health, education, and safety for our whole community. Will you help us educate and inspire our leaders to put children first?

Join us to make your voice count for kids:

1. Sign up for our  ADVOCACY ALERT email-newsletter

2. Follow us on Twitter @CFCISAdvocacy

2010-2011 Outcomes:

  • Sent 26 e-mail alerts to educate and engage supporters on the following policies: Promoting a balanced approach to the NC budget; Raising the age of adult sentencing; City ordinance extending living wage to contract workers; protecting child care subsidies for Buncombe County
  • Organized and published 2010 candidate survey for local election and co-sponsored candidate forum
  • Worked on the following advocacy campaigns:  Raise the Age of Juvenile Sentencing (in partnership with Action for Children NC), Promoting a Balanced Approach to the State Budget (in partnership with Together NC), Supporting a Fair and Stable Funding for Child Care Subsidy in Buncombe County (in partnership with Buncombe County Cares about Child Care), Living Wage for City of Asheville Contract Employees (in partnership with Just Economics of WNC)
  • Hosted the Success Equation:  completed focus groups and one-on-one interviews with 113 low-income parents and 41 service providers working directly with low-income families; partnered with Leadership Asheville Team 29 on focus groups and messaging campaign for the Success Equation

Children First/Communities In Schools Buncombe County
Advocacy Mailing Address:
50 S. French Broad Ave. Ste. #246
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 423-0698
fax: (828) 281-3308

Advocacy Physical Address:
37 Brickyard Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Greg Borom– Directory of Advocacy
gregb@childrenfirstbc.org