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The defeat of the national Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in June 1982 ended aperiod oforganized advocacy about women's formal political status. Policy analysts andresearchers subsequently identified numerous reasons for the national failure: fewstate organizations developed for the ratification campaign, lack of preparation foranti-ERA challenges in traditionally-oriented states, fears that the ERA wouldchange women's roles in the home, the unexpected legal benefits the SupremeCourt gave women during the 1970s without the ERA, and opponents' effectivelinkage, however false, of the ERA to legal abortion (Berry, 1988; Boles,1979,1982,1985,1989; Marilley, 1989).

The defeat of the national Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in June 1982 ended aperiod oforganized advocacy about women's formal political status. Policy analysts andresearchers subsequently identified numerous reasons for the national failure: fewstate organizations developed for the ratification campaign, lack of preparation foranti-ERA challenges in traditionally-oriented states, fears that the ERA wouldchange women's roles in the home, the unexpected legal benefits the SupremeCourt gave women during the 1970s without the ERA, and opponents' effectivelinkage, however false, of the ERA to legal abortion (Berry, 1988; Boles,1979,1982,1985,1989; Marilley, 1989).

This article reports on a study examining perceptions of staff of state health and human service programs on the family-centered nature of services for children with genetic conditions and their families. The article provides information on the qualitative and quantitative methodologies used to obtain stakeholder input from staff in partnering organizations. Twenty programs were invited to participate in a Web-based survey that yielded a response rate of 75% (N = 15). Findings indicate that few program staff understand genetic conditions or services. Data also indicate a need to enhance family input into the service design, evaluation, and policy development processes of existing services.