Your challenge at this step is to learn how public decisions are made, who makes them and how citizens can participate. You will be able to inform others of the choice that has been made. Commit to a course of action once an alternative is chosen. Your role in an activating the choice can be to provide input to the policymaker as procedures are developed for child care. You can identify previous pitfalls and learn what the new procedures will require.
Citizens usually evaluate decisions informally as they experience and react to the new solutions.
If you are satisfied with the results of the child care issue, you might move on to other activities. The above eight steps can continue. If you feel that the issue is still not resolved, you may start the decision-making steps over again. Assessing Local Needs Expressing concern about the problem was identified earlier as the first step in citizen action. Ask tough questions so you understand what is going on.