June 13, 2007

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Dear Friend,

On behalf of the Bonner Center at The College of New Jersey, I am writing to request an interview to discuss the programs your agency employs. We are summer interns working to develop a Community Think Tank dealing with Trenton and New Jersey policy news, research, and program models. Our goal is to create a database which non-profits, government agencies, students and the general community can use as a resource to address specific policy issues. We would like to collect information regarding __________ because it is one of the main issues of our research project.

We strongly believe you would be a valuable resource. In particular, we are interested in learning more about the following:

• Studies and other data sources that describe the scope of the problem in this issue area
• What the current government programs are addressing this issue, their annual budgets, sources of funding (if non-City funds), and what organizations, if any, are receiving funds from these programs.
• If there have been any evaluations of these programs, or any that are planned for the future.
• Names of other individuals and organizations working on this issue in Trenton who we should contact.

We will be contacting you by phone in hopes of scheduling a time we could meet.

Sincerely,

Alessandra Mikic

Michelle Hawkins

David Greenblatt

Joshua Blount