[The Network] Economic Opportunity Meeting Agenda July 18, 2012. Apologies for duplicates

The Economic Opportunity

Poverty Reduction

Task Force

 

Invites you, your constituents and your partner organizations to the “Creating a New Plan-Strategies for Employment and Education” 2012 summer meeting.

 

This subject is especially timely since current figures show that Colorado’s increased unemployment rate is 8.1%-the same as the national unemployment rate-ranking us 34th in the nation. Developing educational strategies and matching job skills and training with areas of job growth are critical to reducing poverty among Colorado’s most vulnerable populations. We are prompted by the new information memo from the Administration of Children and Families, which now allows states to request “work participation waivers” in an effort to spark innovative ideas for enhancing employment for TANF recipients. Sound familiar? It should—we called it SB12-139 last session.

 

Date:         July 18, 2011

Time:         3:30 pm-5:30 pm

 

Location:     Capitol Building (200 Colfax)

Committee Room 0112

Denver

 

We will be setting an agenda for 2012 and working on the strategic plan.

 

PROPOSED AGENDA:

3:30-3:45 Call to order/introductions-- Senator Hudak

3:45-4:00 Employment & Education Strategies presentation

4:00-4:30 Discussion and approval of strategies for plan inclusion

4:30-4:45 Quick Break (snacks, bathroom, etc)

4:45-5:15 Brainstorming-What’s missing in this section of the plan? Who knows of “what’s working” for website nomination? What are legislative ideas for 2013?

5:15-5:30 Announcements and Wrap Up