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Building A New Foundation for Equitable Policymaking
Report/Research

Intermediaries’ Role in Policy to Develop and Scale Equitable Pathways

October 19, 2020

At a Glance

This brief illustrates the power intermediaries have to influence policy, so they can be more effective in supporting their partners and driving positive change in their communities and across their states.

Contributors
Taylor Maag
Nancy Hoffman Senior Advisor
Lexi Barrett

This brief elevates the importance of policy at all levels (federal, state, local, and institutional) and emphasize the potential ways in which intermediaries can influence policy within their ecosystems. It also presents examples of intermediaries that are implementing equitable pathways and others that have been successful in policy-related activities. By better understanding the power they have to influence policy, intermediaries can be more effective in supporting their partners and driving positive change in their communities and across their states.

It outlines five of the roles intermediaries can play in policy and provides examples of intermediaries that have been successful in taking on these roles:

  • Understand the Policy Environment
  • Design Policy Solutions
  • Mobilize Coalitions
  • Inform and Advocate
  • Lead Implementation of Policy

 
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