Secretaries' Innovation Group

Atlanta Meeting June 2016

**To view power point presentations and supporting materials, click on underlined title.

​​​​​Food Stamps and TANF

• HR 2952 - "Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act"
• HR 2959 - "TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act"
  
• HR 2966 - "Reducing Poverty through Employment Act"
  
• HR 2990 - "Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act"
  
• HR 5169 - What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act"
  
• HR 5170 - "Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act"

          Human Resources Subcommittee, House Committee on Ways and Means 

• ABAWD Waivers 2016 Q3
  

​          State status on ABAWD Waivers

• 2016 Republican Governors Term Limits Map
  

• 2015 Indiana ABAWD Waiver Elimination
  

​          ABAWD Elimination Fact Sheet for Indiana

• Snapshot of the Ryan Plan
  

​​          Brief summary of Speaker Ryan's plan to help reduce poverty

Kansas Ho!​

• ​Kansas 2015 Session Welfare Reform Bill, HOPE Act
  
• Kansas HOPE Act
  

​     Information on Kansas welfare policy reform and the HOPE Act

• ​Kansas New Welfare Work Requirements
  

     Statistics on the new Kansas welfare reform policies

Performance Management

​     America Works

     Carlyle Van Outten, Director, America Works of Wisconsin

How to Influence the Culture We Live In

     Building Capacity in Organizations & Communities 

     Christopher Brown, President, National Fatherhood Initiative​

• National Fatherhood Institute
  

​     An overview of the National Fatherhood Institute 

     Mass Media Campaigns to Reach Low-Income Fathers

     ​Maggie Spain, Vice President, The Bawmann Group 

• Mass Media Campaigns to Reach Low Income Fathers
  

     Maggie Spain, overview of various media campaigns in regards to trying to reach out to low income fathers

Marijuana​

• ​Marijuana and Health
  

​     Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)

     What Can We Do in Our Own States

​     Sue Rusche, President, National Families in Action

• Lessons from Colorado
  

​     Statistics from post-legalization in Colorado

• Marijuana Fast Facts​  

     Sheet of various facts regarding marijuana 

Using Participant Journaling to Re-direct and Improve Personal Outcomes

• Using Participant Journaling to Re-direct and Improve Personal Outcomes 
  

​     George Braucht, Enhanced Supervision Program Coordinator, Georgia Department of Community Supervision (Retired)

Biometric Positive Identification​

     ​Biometrics and Positive Identification

     Teresa Wu, Director of Strategic Marketing and Government Relations, MorphoTrak

     Tracking of Time Services (TOTS)

     Guy Sylvester, Executive Director of Program Integrity and Improvement, Louisiana Department of Human Services

     Program Examples of the use of Biometrics

     Cayen Systems, list of various applications and solutions for Biometrics

Update on LARCs

     Upstream USA

     ​Mark Edwards, Co-Founder, Upstream USA

Improving Data Integrity

     Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center

     Randy Gillespie, Project Director, UI Integrity Project, National Association of State Workforce Agencies

     Alabama Work Number

     Brandon Hardin, Food Assistance Director, Alabama Department of Human Resources

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Monthly Reporting​

     IDES UI Integrity Report

     Jeff Mays, Director, Illinois Department of Employment Security

     Marco Morales, Benefit Payment Control Manager, Illinois Department of Employment Security

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