Vermont Child Poverty Council

Name Change: Advisory Council on Child Poverty and Strengthening Families

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

9:20 AM

Election of Chair

9:30 AM

RBA Presentation

• Drusilla Roessle, Performance Improvement Director, Agency of Human Services
  

10:30 AM

Review Council Charge and 2016 Report Recommendations

• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

11:30 AM

Review Meeting Dates

11:45 AM

Session Topics and Witnesses

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Measures of Success for Vermont's Children

Review of Indicators in Council's 2009 Report "Improving the Odds for Kids"
Vermont's Statewide Population Outcomes: review of 2 V.S. A. 970

• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

9:15 AM

Data and root causes related to indicators in the Council's 2009 Repot

Trendlines
Drusilla Roessle, Performance Improvement Director, AHS
Root Cause Analysis Facilitators
Paul Dragon, Director of Policy and Program Integration, AHS
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, DCF
Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, AOE
Kate Rogers, Early Learning Team Manager, AOE
Michael Hock, Director of Educational Assessment, AOE
Shaun Gilpin, Housing Policy Specialist
Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, VAHC

11:30 AM

Population Outcomes

What are the quality of life outcomes the Council wants for Vermont's children?

• Drusilla Roessle, Performance Improvement Director, Agency of Human Services
  

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Approve Minutes

9:05 AM

Building Resilience for Individuals Experiencing Advanced Childhood Experiences

• Paul Dragon, Director of Policy & Program Integration, Agency of Human Services
  
• Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  
• Kathy Hentcy, Mental Health & Health Care Integration Director, Department of Mental Health
  

9:45 AM

Using Indicators and Identifying the Most Useful for Achieving Desired Population Outcomes

• Rep. Diane Lanpher, Vergennes
  

10:00 AM

How do other states structure legislative child poverty initiatives?

• Rochelle Finzel, Group Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
  

10:45 AM

Council's Role

What role does the Council play in affecting trendlines pertaining to child poverty in Vermont?
Is there a gap in addressing the child poverty in Vermont that the Council can fill?
Should/could the Council be structured to address unmet need? If so, how?

• Drusilla Roessle, Performance Improvement Director, Agency of Human Services
  

11:30 AM

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Road Map to End Homelessness

Erhard Mahnke, Executive Director, Vt Affordable Housing Coalition
Angus Chaney, Director of Housing, Agency of Human Services

9:40 AM

Economic Empowerment and Financial Capability - Basic Needs Budget

Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

10:00 AM

Minimum Wage and Benefits Cliff Study Committee

Phone

• Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Senate Committee on Finance
  

10:15 AM

Economic Empowerment and Financial Capability

Post Secondary Education and Transportation

• Erin Oalican , Reach-Up/TANF Program Director, Department for Children and Families
  

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Results Based Accountability

Continuation of Conversation

• Drusilla Roessle, Director of Performance Improvement, Agency of Human Services
  

11:30 AM

Committee Discussion

Council Priorities

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Approve Minutes

9:05 AM

Affordability and Accessibility of Child Care

• Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
  
• Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
  

9:35 AM

Supporting Children from Low-Income Families in Educational Settings

• Jennifer Gresham, Director, Agency of Education Federal and Education Support Programs
  
• Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool
  

10:05 AM

Child Savings Accounts

• John Pelletier, Director, Center for Financial Literacy, Champlain College
  

10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Committee Discussion

- Recommendations for Restructuring the Council
- Review of Top Council Recommendations as determined by survey
- Review of Structure for 2017 Report

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Approve Minutes

9:05 AM

Mental Health and Childhood Poverty

• Charlie Biss, Director, Children and Family Services, Department of Mental Health
  
• Laurel Omland, Operations Chief, Child, Adolescent and Family Unit
  

9:20 AM

Substance Abuse and Childhood Poverty

Building Bright Futures Substance Use and Opiate Epidemic Task Force

• Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
  

9:35 AM

Parent Child Centers on Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Childhood Poverty

• Donna Bailey, Co-Director, Addison County Parent Child Center
  

9:50 AM

Economic Opportunities to Lift Families Out of Poverty

• Jan Demers, Executive Director, CVOEO
  
• Kate Larose, Director of Financial Futures, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
  

10:20 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Review of Final Report

• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel
  

12:00 AM

Adjourn

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