Get in the Governor's Budget - Check!

Great news!  The Governor included us in his budget proposal for the full amount requested to maintain our budget for another year.  However, part of the money is only proposed as one time funding.  So now we need to convince the legislators that funding the Baby Watch Early Intervention Program is the smart thing to do.  Please reach out to legislators in your area.  Contact them and let them know what we do and why it is a valuable service.  While the Governor and ligislature are committed to funding education and enrollment growth in our system, people who are not familiar with us don't always see us as part of "education".  Make sure your legislators understand the role that Early Intervention plays in education. 

• We will be organizing Parent Panel Sessions for local legislators to attend and learn from their constituents what we do.  If you are interested in participating, please contact me. 801 402-5403

• We are compiling books of stories about families that are or have been involved in Davis Early Intervention.  Please write up a paragraph or two about the services you receive (or received) and how it helped your family and send them to me at mzeschke@dsdmail.net.

• We will be receiving some buttons for parents and staff to wear when meeting with legislators so that we can be easily identified as supporting the Baby Watch Early Intervention Program.

Please be involved in helping the legislators understand the importance of serving children as early as possible for the best outcome.

Below you will find the Davis County Legislators and their contact information.  When you email any of them, please CC: to me so we can keep track of the number of supporters we have as well!  Thank you all for your support.  We love working with you and your children!

Brad L. Dee   District 11    bdee@utah.gov    801 399-8623

Paul Ray         District 13   pray@utah.gov      801 538-1029

Curtis Oda      District 14   coda@utah.gov     801 538-1029

Brad Wilson    Distrit 15     bradwilson@utah.gov  801 538-1029

Stephen G. Handy    District 16   stevehandy@utah.gov  801 538-1029

Stewart Barlow  District 17  sbarlow@utah.gov   801 538-1029

Roger E. Barrus  District 18  rogerbarrus@utah.gov  801 538-1029  Jim Nielson     District 19    jimnielson@utah.gov    801 355-5915 Rebecca Edwards   District 20   beckyedwards@utah.gov  801 538-1029  Reid Stewart     Senate 18    screid@utahsenate.org   801 538-1035  Jerry W. Stevenson  Senate 21  jstevenson@utahsenate.org  801 538-1035 Stuart Adams     Senate 22   jsadams@utahsenate.org    801 538-1035 Tom Weiler        Senate 23   tweiler@utahsenate.org     801 538-1035