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Children's Budget Summit Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am   Continental breakfast

9:00 am - 9:30 am   Keynote Address
Senator Jack Reed

9:30 am –  9:45 am   Introduction and welcome 
Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus

9:45 am - 10:15 am   Kids' Share in Budget 
Gene Steuerle, Senior fellow at The Urban Institute, Co-Director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

10:15 am -11:00 am   State panel discussion 
Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
Barbara Best, Texas Children's Defesne Fund
David Callahan, Pennsylvania Partnership for Children

11:00 am – 12:15 pm   Activation Point
Kristen Grimm, President, Spitfire Strategies

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm  Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:40 pm  Strategic Messaging for Children
Dr. Frank Luntz, Luntz, Maslansky Strategic  Research 
  
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm   Discussion of Children’s Budget Alliance



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