Vermont Child Poverty Council

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

8:30 AM

Subcommittee Meetings

Housing Subcommittee- Room 7 (Senate Institutions)
Nutrition Subcommittee- Room 17 (Senate Health and Welfare)

9:30 AM

Children in Poverty

Vermont Poverty Law Fellowship and Low-income Education in Vermont

• Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid

10:00 AM

Dental Therapists

Overview of Minnesota's Dental Therapist Program

• Beth Nolan, Outreach and Project Coordinator, Voices for Vermont Children
• Dr. Emily Pietig, D.D.S., Children's Dental Services
• Dr. Christy Jo Fogarty, Advanced Dental Therapist, Children's Dental Services, Minnesota
• Mark Schoenbaum, Director, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, Minnesota Department of Health

10:45 AM

Earned Sick Days

• Mary Claire Carroll, Member, Vermont Paid Sick Days Coalition
• Carlen Finn, Director, Voices for Vermont's Children

11:00 AM

Nutrition Assistance

Childhood Nutrition and the School Lunch Program

• Paul Dragon, Chief Administrator, Office of Econ. Opportunity, Office of Economic Opportunity & Temporary Aid to Needy Families, Agency of Human Services
• Marissa Parisi, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont

11:30 AM

Subcommittee Meetings

Economic Security and Empowerment Subcommittee- Room 17 (Senate Health and Welfare)
Education Subcommittee- Room 7 (Senate Institutions)

12:45 PM

Adjourn