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July Task Force Meeting-July 18, 2012

July 2012 Meeting of the Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force 

You, your constituents and your partner organizations are invited to attend the “Creating a New Plan-Strategies for Employment and Education” 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, Denv)    Committee Room 0112

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   

State Representative Mark Ferrandino Gives out Urine Cups to Committee

This morning the House Appropriations Committee met to discuss House Bill 12-1046. Needless to say it passed to the Committee as a Whole, but not without members accepting Urine Cups for Drug Testing and a conceptual amendment that all elected officials should pass a drug test just like their friends, neighbors, and in some cases, family member who are receiving benefits from The Colorado Works (Temporary Aid to Needy Families or TANF) programs. For more on the day's meeting, listen here!

To hear from folks who will be affected by this change in policy, click here for the PBS NewsHour clip on CWEE and the women there who are struggling to make ends meet.