National Town Hall Meeting on
Children's Health Coverage

Regional Co-Host Information

Thank you for agreeing to be a regional co-host for the National Town Hall Meeting on Children’s Health Coverage. You will find resources for the national satellite program and materials for your local event below. We look forward to working with you to make the Thursday, January 11th, 2007, National Town Hall Meeting on Children’s Health Coverage a huge success. If you have any questions, please call Maryellen Barreca at 202-879-0299.

Regional Co-Host Kit

Please download the following resources and materials to assist you in the preparation for the national town hall meetings.

Planning Information
Note: some of these items need to be customized.

• Introductory memo
• Local event guidelines
• Planning timeline and checklist for facilitators
• Sample invitation to public policy officials
• Sample community invitation
• Sample town hall flyer
• Technical specifications for the national satellite program 
  *UPDATE: Satellite testing time will now begin at 10:30 am ET on January 11, 2007*
• Click here to download the Satellite Town Hall Logo.
• National Media Advisory (01/04/07)
• On-Line Local Event Form - Please fill this out as soon as possible.

Participant's Action Kit

• Petition Information Sheet
• Template Letter to Members of Congress
• Template Letters to the Editor
• SCHIP 101: What Is the State Children's Health Insurance Program and How Does It Work?
• SCHIP and Children's Health Coverage: Fitting the Pieces Together

Additional Materials

• State Fact Sheets: The campaign has produced a set of fact sheets summarizing the number and characteristics of uninsured children in each state, including several interesting illustrations of those numbers. For a specific state fact sheet, click here, then click on the state name in the drop-down menu in the right-hand column.
• Click here to download a hard-copy of the petition.

Click here to go back to the main National Town Hall Meetings Web page.