Vermont Child Poverty Council

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Friday, December 4, 2009

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

09-1,2,3,4

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Review of Report Recommendations

• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

9:30 AM

Agency Updates

• Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Department for Children & Families
  
• Russell Frank, Health Programs Administrator, Office of Vermont Health Access and Health Care Reform
  
• Susan Hayes, Department of Education
  
• Pat Moulton Powden, Commissioner, Department of Labor
  
• Renee Richardson, Director, Food Stamp Program
  
• Gail Taylor, Director, Standards & Assessment, Department of Education
  
• Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner, Department of Education
  

11:00 AM

Current State of Poverty and Impacts on Children in Vermont

Boys and Girls Club Panel

• Beth Baldwin Page, Executive Director, Boys and Girls Clubs of Brattleboro
  
• Larry Bayle, Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of Rutland
  
• Katina Cummings, Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of the White River Valley
  
• Mary Alice McKenzie, Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of Burlington
  
• Leisa Pollander, Executive Director, Sara Holbrook Center
  
• Vicky Smith, Executive Director, King Street Center
  

1:00 PM

Next Steps

• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Comments

Room 10

CDs

10-1

Meeting Record

1:00 PM

Modernizing Poverty Measures

By phone

• Jodie Levin-Epstein, Deputy Director, Center for Law and Social Policy
  

1:45 PM

Agency Reports on Child Poverty Council Recommendations

• Wendy Davis, Commissioner, Department of Health
  
• Susan Mesner, Economist, Department of Taxes
  

2:15 PM

Updates from Work Groups on Plans and Next Steps

3:45 PM

Confirm Next Meeting Date and Agenda Ideas

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Comments

Meeting Cancelled

Meeting Record

1:00 PM

To Be Announced

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

10-1,2,3,4,5

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Conference on Achievement Gap Working Group Report

• Carlen Finn, Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
  
• Nicole Mace, Voices for Vermont's Children
  

9:35 AM

Kids Insurance Gap Working Group Report

• Sen. Jane Kitchel
  
• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

9:45 AM

TANF Reauthorization Working Group Report

• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Rep. Ann Pugh, Co-Chair
  

9:50 AM

Benchmarks Working Group

• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

10:00 AM

Families in Deep Poverty Working Group Report

• Travis Blalock, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College
  
• Serena Laws, Policy Research Manager, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, Dartmouth College
  
• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

10:30 AM

Panel: Lessons Learned from Other States

• John Kefalas, Representative, Colorado
  
• Jodie Levin-Epstein, Deputy Director, Center for Law and Social Policy
  
• Doug Schenkelberg, Hartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
  
• Deborah Schlick, Executive Director, Affirmative Options Coalition
  
• Terry Schooley, Representative, Delaware
  

12:00 PM

Committee Discussion, 2011 Work Plan

• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

12:45 PM

Adjourn

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

10-6,7,8,9

Meeting Record

12:10 PM

Introductions

And thanks to Senator Racine

• Rep. Ann Pugh, Co-Chair, House Human Services Committee
  

12:35 PM

Update on Grant

• Shaun Donahue, Department of Children & Families
  

12:45 PM

Review Work Plan Notes from Last Meeting

• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

12:50 PM

Updates from Working Groups

• Sen. Jane Kitchel
  
• Robin Lunge, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator, Voices for Vermont's Children
  
• Tim Searles, Executive Director, Community Action Agencies & Micro-Business Development Programs
  

1:45 PM

Break

2:00 PM

Prioritization of Initiatives for 2011

• Susan Palmer, Susan Palmer Consulting
  

2:45 PM

Break

3:00 PM

Working Group Meetings

3:30 PM

Reports from Working Groups and Debriefing

• Susan Palmer, Susan Palmer Consulting
  

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