2025 Capitol Hill Day

Housing and Homelessness Capitol Hill Advocacy Day

February 13^th, 2025

Join partners statewide on February 13th, 2025 at the State Capitol in Topeka to connect with your legislators and provide education on housing needs and evidence-based homelessness solutions in your region. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for registrants. The day’s activities will include: kick-off with legislators, tabling, legislator meetings, youth homelessness simulations, lunch presentation, and networking. Make sure to join us for training and preparation sessions on January 16^th and February 4^th.

Register through KSHC. Registration is free, but required.

Join us for Capitol Hill Day training and preparation via Zoom
(both sessions highly recommended):

Making Hill Day Meaningful and Hill Day Agenda
January 16, 2025 at 2–3 p.m.
Register here.

 Talking with Legislators and Hill Day Logistics
February 4, 2025 at 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Register here.

Prepare for Capitol Hill Day:
Make this day impactful for you and your region by reaching out to your regional legislators in advance and asking for an appointment.

• Identify your legislators
• From the Kansas Legislature website, use your legislator's office number to call and set up a 10-minute appointment
  • Sample script for setting up appointment and inviting legislators to events
• From the Kansas Legislature website, find your legislator’s email and ask them to visit your table and join the event
• Develop your “elevator speech”
• Add your appointments to the Capitol Hill Day Scheduling Grid so we can coordinate topics and coverage
• Complete a quick survey to let KHAN know how your conversations went

What to Expect on Capitol Hill Day:
Check here for resources for use on February 13^th. On February 13^th, check in at KSHC’s table.

• Capitol Hill Day Information
• Map of the Capitol, Tabling Locations, and List of Attendees
• Agenda
  • 9:00-9:30 AM — Check-in at KSHC Registration table, first floor.
  • 10:00 AM — Opening speeches, first floor.
  • 10:15, 11:15 and 1:30 PM —Youth Homelessness Simulations (40 minutes). Sign up at KSHC’s table on February 13^th.
  • 12:00-1:00 PM — Lunch, with standing educational booths, on second floor of the Rotunda.
  • 9:00-3:30 — Agency Tabling, first floor.
  • 9:00-3:30 — Legislator Meetings
    • Add your legislator meetings to the schedule
  • 8:30-4:30 — Committee Hearings
    • Committee Hearing Schedule: add your information to the hearings you will attend
• Table Materials
  • Legislator and Table Sign In Sheet
  • KHAN Handouts
    • What You Should Know
    • Building Housing
    • Acting Upstream
    • Ending Homelessness

After Capitol Hill Day

• Provide event feedback to KSHC
• Let us know how legislator meetings/encounters went
• Follow up with legislators via phone or email
  • Sample template for follow-up