WorkFirst Poverty Reduction Oversight Task Force, Legislative-Executive

The Legislative-Executive WorkFirst Poverty Reduction Oversight Task Force (Poverty Reduction Task Force), was established by HB 1482 (2018 Legislative Session). As directed, the new Poverty Reduction Task Force will pick up the portfolio of the previous task force and include the topic of intergenerational poverty.

The task force serves as a platform for legislative and executive branches to oversee the operation of the WorkFirst and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs, and determine evidence-based outcome measures for the WorkFirst program. The task force also develops and monitors strategies to prevent and address adverse childhood experiences and reduce intergenerational poverty. The task force serves as an advisory capacity to recommend policy actions to the governor and the legislature to effectively reduce intergenerational poverty and promote and encourage self-sufficiency.

Members

See list of members

• Voting Members
• Rep. Michelle Caldier, (R) Washington State House of Representatives
• Don Clintsman, Department of Social and Health Services (Executive Co-Chair)
• Kelly Cooper, Department of Health
• Sen. Manka Dhingra, (D) Washington State Senate
• Sen. Perry Dozier, (R) Washington State Senate
• Rep. Carolyn Eslick, (R) Washington State House of Representatives
• Sen. Chris Gildon, (R) Washington State Senate
• Rep. Mia Gregerson, (D) Washington State House of Representatives (Legislative Co-Chair)
• Diane Klontz, Department of Commerce (Co-Chair Advisory)
• Mark Kucza, Department of Corrections
• Carli Schiffner, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
• Rep. Strom Peterson, (D) Washington State House of Representatives
• Tim Probst, Employment Security Department (Co-Chair Advisory)
• Nicole Rose, Department of Children Youth and Families
• Vacant, (D) Washington State Senate
• Vacant, Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction
• Non-Voting Members
• Mystique Hurtado, Governor's Office Indian Affairs
• Anna Minor, Office of Financial Management
• Nam Nguyen, Asian Pacific Islander Commission
• Ed Prince, Commission on African American Affairs
• Maria Siguenza, Commission on Hispanic Affairs
• David Stillman, Department of Social and Health Services (Co-Chair Advisory)
• Staff
• Jim Baumgart, Office of the Governor
• Babs Roberts, Department of Social and Health Services

Upcoming Meetings

Previous Meetings

November 17, 2021

• Agenda
• Minutes
• PowerPoint
• Bylaws
• WF monitoring report
• TVW recording

August 26, 2021

• Agenda
• Minutes
• PowerPoint

May 20, 2021

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Materials:
  • PowerPoint
  • EcSA One Pager
  • WorkFirst Spending Plan 2021-2023 Enacted (Draft)
  • Poverty Plan bill and leg tracking (download)

December 3, 2020

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Materials:
  
  • PowerPoint
  • DSHS Region 1 Profile
  • DSHS Region 2 Profile
  • DSHS Region 3 Profile
  • Support Students Experiencing Homelessness pilot

September 29, 2020

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Materials:
  • Action Plan Scorecard
  • PowerPoint

June 25, 2020

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Materials
  • Plan Comparison 
  • Action Plan Scorecard
  • COVID-19 Response Overview (6/24/2020)
  • PowerPoint
  • EcSA 1 pager
  • Preliminary spending plan with reductions summary

February 20, 2020

• Agenda
• Human Centered Poverty Reduction System Workgroup PowerPoint
• Minutes

January 6, 2020

• Agenda
• Materials:
  • Five-Year Plan to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty and Promote Self-Sufficiency
  • Strategies and recommendations 
• Minutes

November 25, 2019

• Agenda
• Meeting slides
• Minutes

August 26, 2019

• Agenda
• Notes
• Presentation: A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty
• Materials:
  • Advisory committee membership roster
  • Preliminary recommendations
• Meeting slides:
  • August 26 meeting 
  • Child Care Subsidy Transition
  • Drivers of homelessness, and what works to bring people inside

May 28, 2019

• Agenda
• Notes
• Meeting slides
• Presentation: Reducing Poverty and Inequity in Washington

February 25, 2019

• Agenda
• Notes
• Presentation: Fueling Change for Children and Families

November 26, 2018

• Agenda
• Meeting slides
• Notes
• Materials:
  • Working relationship proposal
  • WorkFirst Performance Chartbook
  • 2015 TANF Time Limit Data
  • 2016 TANF Time Limit Data
  • 2017 TANF Time Limit Data
  • TANF Time Limit Comparison
  • TANF publications list

October 1, 2018

• Agenda
• Meeting slides
• Notes
• Materials:
  • Legislation (E3SHB 1482)
  • Legislative-Executive WorkFirst Oversight Task Force
  • Governor's Directive 17-13
  • Comparison matrix
  • Membership comparison
  • Considerations for merging groups
  • Washington poverty data
  • Restoring the American Dream publication

Resources

• Five-Year Plan to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty (December 1, 2019)
• WorkFirst Performance 
• Poverty Reduction Workgroup Interim Progress Report - Oct. 2018
• HB 1482: Establishing the legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force
• Report to the legislature: TANF Pre-2011 WorkFirst priorities
• Utah's Annual Report on intergeneration poverty, welfare dependency and the use of public assistance (2018)