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
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- Jim Baumgart, Office of the Governor
- Nicole Rose, Department of Children, Youth, and Families
- Michelle Caldier, Washington State House of Representatives
- Jeannie Darneille, Washington State Senate
- Manka Dhingra, Washington State Senate
- Erin Frasier, State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
- Mia Gregerson, Washington State House of Representatives
- James Harms, Department of Corrections
- Mona Johnson, Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction
- Christine Kilduff, Washington State House of Representatives
- Diane Klontz, Department of Commerce
- Gina Mosbrucker, Washington State House of Representatives
- Mystique Hurtado, Governor's Office of Indian Affairs
- Nam Nguyen, Asian Pacific Islander Commission
- Daisye Orr, Department of Health
- Rich Pannkuk, Office of Financial Management
- Ed Prince, Washington State Commission on African American Affairs
- Tim Probst, Employment Security Department
- Maria Siguenza, Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs
- David Stillman, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
- Cheryl Strange, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
- Maureen Walsh, Washington State Senate
- Hans Zeiger, Washington State Senate
Meetings
June 25, 2020
February 20, 2020
January 6, 2020
November 25, 2019
August 26, 2019
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- Presentation: A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty
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May 28, 2019
February 25, 2019
November 26, 2018
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- Meeting slides
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October 1, 2018
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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)
