Best Practices Clearinghouse

The Clearinghouse of Best Practices provides vehicles for effective & efficient constituent service. These methods have been field-tested and result in elected officials better representing their constituents.

There are three key avenues of communication that are essential for representatives to engage their communities. There is no magic formula for how much of each method elected officials should use. Each needs to find the right balance that best serves their constituents.

1. Keeping constituents informed

3. Engaging communities in decision making