Aline da Fonseca

Master's

Health Policy

Coalition on Human Needs

Child Tax Credit Outreach Coordinator

• Work in concert with CHN staff to develop and implement a strategic outreach and advocacy plan to outreach to families with children who need assistance in claiming the Child Tax Credit • Expand CHN’s ties with organizations and grassroot leaders in underserved communities with the aim of making sure that every family that is eligible for the CTC receives it • Schedule, plan, and give presentations to organizations nationwide to spread awareness of CTC outreach and advocacy efforts • Assist organizations in setting up training for people who will assist families who need to file to receive the CTC • Work with groups to organize events in localities at which family members can file to receive the CTC and other benefits • Encourage and assist organizations to advocate for making permanent the expanded CTC • Recruit representatives of organizations to participate in activities consistent with the agreed-upon advocacy plan (group sign-on letters, mass communications to officials, meetings with members of Congress or staff, public events and/or media campaigns) • Identify key individuals willing to write opinion pieces or do press interviews on human needs issues or engage in other forms of public communication, as part of agreed-upon advocacy plan, and connect them with CHN’s Communications staff • Plan and coordinate regular meetings of partner organizations in this project • Maintain complete records of activities, including key contacts at participating organizations • Track legislative and administrative developments regarding CTC expansion •