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VERMONT CHILDPOVERTY COUNCILTUESDAY, JULY 21, 2015
INNOVATIVESTRATEGIES TO HELPCHILDREN IN POVERTY
Rochelle FinzelGroup Director – National Conference ofState Legislatures (NCSL)
NCSL MISSION
Bipartisan organization servinglegislators and staff in all 50 statesand territories
Improve the quality and effectivenessof state legislatures
Promote policy innovation andcommunication among statelegislatures
Provide state legislatures a strong,cohesive voice at the federal level
Poverty reduction framework
Building on existing programs
Developing new strategies
OUTLINE
Shoring up the safety net (basicassistance, nutrition, housing, etc.)
Making work pay (wages, childcare, transportation, EITC, health,etc.)
Addressing barriers to self-sufficiency (mental health,substance abuse, criminalbackground)
Poverty ReductionFramework
TANF (Reach Up) – benefit levels,cliff effect, education and training
SNAP – outreach, education andtraining
Home visiting
Early learning– CCDBGreauthorization, Head Start
Employment – WIOA, TANF, post-secondary ed
Building on existingprograms
Using science and research
Using data and outcomes
Setting goals and creatingaccountability
Breaking down silos
New Strategies andInnovations
Brain Science: early years matter Washington state used brain science to
improve and expand their early learning systemof care
ACES study: childhood trauma/stress affectsadult well-being and health
Evidence-based programs: rigorouslyevaluating programs and testing for results New Mexico using results to make decisions
about programs and funding Home visiting programs and federal funding
mandates
Behavioral Economics Texas Child Support order modification process
for inmates
New Strategies –Using Scienceand Research
Dashboard reports on key stats Colorado C-Stat program predictive
analytics, performance contracts
Predictive analytics CA child support –likelihood of
payment
FL child welfare – most at risk forfatalities
Performance Contracts and Pay forSuccess UT early learning – social impact
New Strategies – Using Dataand Outcomes
Results First and Results BasedAccountability Vermont – adult criminal justice
recidivism
Children’s Cabinets At least 29 states with some
coordinating body to align servicesacross all agencies serving children
Maryland’s Results for Child Well-Being
Poverty Commissions/Councils Connecticut Task Force on Children in
the Recession Colorado Economic Opportunity and
New Strategies – Setting Goalsand Accountability
Two-Generation strategies to alignchild and adult-serving systems
Key elementsEarly care and education
Post-secondary education and training
Asset development
Health and well-being
Social capital
New Strategies – BreakingDown Silos
Connecticut Commission onChildren: Two-Generation Reportand legislation
Utah Intergenerational PovertyCommission
Local examples:
Atlantic Civic Site, Atlanta, Georgia
Jeremiah Program, Minneapolis
Keys to Degrees, Endicott College,Beverly, MA
New Strategies –Two-Genexamples
April 24, 2015
Rochelle Finzel
National Conference of State Legislatures
303.856.1552