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Make Contact
Here's How it Works
Contact your senators and representatives about Head Start reauthorization. We've provided hotlinks to legislative sites, as well as a letter and a phone script as a guide.
For e-mail messages
- Copy the sample letter here.
- Determine the legislator you want to contact.
- Go to the appropriate link (below) for the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives or for your State House or Senate.
- Find your senator or representative by zip code, state, district or name, as requested on the site.
- Go to the appropriate contact button for that individual and create an e-mail message.
- Paste the letter in.
- Customize the letter as you wish, providing the requested name and address information.
Push send.
For Fax letters
- If you use Microsoft Word, click on the Word file provided here, sampleletter.doc, to download and save to your hard drive.
- OR, if you use another program, click on the sample letter and copy the text in the box. Then, open a word processing document and paste the letter into it.
- Determine the legislator you wish to contact.
- Go to the appropriate link (below) for the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, or your State House or Senate.
- Find your senator or representative by zip code, state, district or name, as requested on the site.
- Copy the name and address of the legislator.
- Customize the letter to add your own thoughts, points of view and any personal experiences you have had or know about that might demonstrate your ideas.
- Be sure to include your name and address.
- Print the letter and sign it.
- Fax the letter to the correct number (preferably
the legislator's local office).
For phone calls - Click here to view sample phone script
- Review the script provided and customize it to reflect
your point of view and any personal experiences you have had.
- Determine the legislator you wish to contact.
- Go to the appropriate link (provided) for the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, or your State House or Senate.
- Find your senator or representative by zip code, state, district or name, as requested on the site.
- Locate and dial the phone number and deliver your message.
Government Links
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To reach the state sites, click the appropriate link above.
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