Presentations – November 2016

Annual Meeting Webcast Recording

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

The Changing Healthcare System and What It Means for HPOG

  • Daniel Bustillo, Director, Healthcare Career Advancement Program [PDF]
  • Jennifer Buechler, Social Services Manager, Missouri Department of Social Services [PDF]

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Career Pathways: Connecting Adult Basic Education Through Employment

  • Mark Lane, Program Specialist, Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative [PDF]
  • Ariosto Moran, Career Navigator, TRAC Associates [PDF]
  • Seanna Melchior Ruvkun, Project Manager, Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County [PDF]
  • Craig Gebers, Director of Vocational Services, Zepf Center [PDF]
  • Lisa Washington-Thomas, Branch Chief, Self-Sufficiency Branch, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families [PDF]
  • Emily Appel-Newby, ICF International

Employer Engagement and Job Readiness

  • Daniel Bustillo, Director, Healthcare Career Advancement Program [PDF]
  • Jim DeCarli, Employer Specialist, Health CareeRx Academy -The Workplace [PDF]
  • Larry Anderson, Job Development Specialist, Cankdeska Cikana Community College [PDF]

Leadership Development: Building a Strong Team

  • Bill Browning, Workforce Development Consultant [PDF]
  • Amanda Abens, Acting Dean of Workforce Development and Continuing Education, Pima Community College
  • Katherine Vastine, WATCH Project Program Manager, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Learning Cohort Results: Behavioral Economics and Two-Generation Approaches

  • Nadine Dechausay, Research Associate, MDRC [PDF]
  • Seanna Melchior Ruvkun, Project Manager, Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County [PDF]
  • Janae Bradford, Family Advancement Services and Partnerships Manager, Community Action Project of Tulsa County [PDF]
  • Alex Lyle, Healthcare Training Coordinator, Cook Inlet Tribal Council [PDF]

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Small Group Table Discussions Around BE and 2Gen

3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

HPOG 2.0 National and Tribal Evaluation Updates

  • Robin Koralek, Senior Associate, Abt Associates [PDF]
  • Michael Meit, Senior Fellow, NORC [PDF]

Building Financial Capability for HPOG Participants

  • Parker Cohen, Associate Director, Corporation for Enterprise Development [PDF]
  • Danita Wadley, Regional Director, Volunteers of America Texas [PDF]

Behavioral Economics and the “Diagnose and Design” Process

 

Thursday, December 1, 2016

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Introduction to the Trauma Informed Approach

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

TANF Partnerships and Integrated Project Planning

  • Julie Siegel, Director, Division of State TANF Policy, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families
  • Kim Stupica-Dobbs, Program Manager, HPOG, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families [PDF]
  • Becky Fausett, Project HELP Director, Central Community College [PDF]
  • Vanessa Meinberg, Success Coach, Southeast Community College

Integrating the Trauma Informed Approach in the Work You Do

Accessing Childcare and Early Childhood Education for HPOG Families

  • Rachel Schumacher, Director, Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families [PDF]
  • Janae Bradford, Family Advancement Services and Partnerships Manager, Community Action Project of Tulsa County [PDF]

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Peer Partners Tribal Breakout

[Handout 1]

  • Ramona Klein, President, Eagle Consulting, Inc. [PDF]
  • Patty Eagle Bull, Program Manager, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board [PDF]

12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Listening Session – HPOG Opportunities

  • Mark Greenberg, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families
  • Susan Golonka, Acting Director, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families
  • Shae Cheatham, PHOCAS Project Director, Workforce Development Board SDA-83 [PDF]
  • Leslie Roundtree, Project Director, STEP UP Program, Chicago State University [PDF]

 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Recruitment Strategies – Target Population Sources and Creating Access for Non-Traditional Students

  • Tara Alatorre, GoodCare Project Director, Goodwill Industries® of the Valleys [PDF]
  • Janae Bradford, Family Advancement Services and Partnerships Manager, Community Action Project of Tulsa County [PDF]
  • Stephen Blackford, Senior Project Manager, Worksystems [PDF]
  • Matt Klinkhammer, Communications Coordinator, Part of TAACCCT Grant RITA Consortium [PDF]

Connecting HPOG and Apprenticeship

  • Stephen Sage, Program Analyst, Office of Apprenticeship, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor [PDF]
  • Katherine Vastine, WATCH Project Program Manager, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit [PDF]
  • Seanna Melchior Ruvkun, Project Manager, Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County

Using PAGES Reporting to Understand Program Outcomes

  • Pam Loprest, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute [PDF]
  • Nathan Sick, Research Associate, Urban Institute

 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn

  • Terrell L. Strayhorn, Director, Center for Higher Education Enterprise, The Ohio State University [PDF]

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

HPOG Success Story

  • Angela Cuffe, LPN/Administrator, Prairie View Assisted Living from Central Community College (Project HELP) [PDF]