Kansas Association of Community Action Programs
The 2015 Kansas Conference on Poverty is being held in Topeka from Wednesday, July 15 – Friday, July 17.
Plenaries
- Ed Scanlon, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
- Judy Zinn, Author and Consultant
- Plenary Luncheon: Two Generational Approaches
- Annie McKay, Kansas Center for Economic Growth
- Rich Hill Documentary – view trailer
- The Science and Art of Effective Framing – Lynn Davey, Davey Strategies
- The Power of Circles – Scott Miller, Circles USA
Workshops
This year's conference will include pre-conference sessions, as well as 39 workshops – see detailed descriptions and meet the experts.
Wednesday, July 15
Pre-Conference
- Motivational Interviewing
- Transformational Nonprofit Leadership and Administration
Session 1
- Community Engagement
- Deep Dive: Why it is (really) Time for a Theory of Change
- Getting Kids Ready to Succeed In Kindergarten
- Navigating Community Resources
- Record Expungement for Low Income Kansans
- SSDI and SSI Work Incentives
Session 2
- Community Impacts of the Criminal Justice System
- Entrepreneurship Based Economic Development & Poverty Reduction
- Involving Consumers in Programming
- Lobbying and Political Activity: Playing by the Rules
- National Service as a Solution
- Strategies to End Hunger in Kansas
Thursday, July 16
Session 1
- Economic Empowerment: Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 3 Program Opportunities
- Inequality and Health: Engaging the American Indian and Latino Communities, Prisoners, and Low-Income Mothers into Programs that Address Health Inequities
- Look Before You Leap: Critical Issues in Creating and Operating Earned Income Venture
- Marketing is Not a Four Letter Word, and Neither is Advocacy
- Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- Working Healthy and WORK
Session 2
- Closing the Coverage Gap: Medicaid Expansion in Kansas
- Demystifying Strategic Planning: Part 1
- Generation Transmission of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Connection Poverty
- Scarcity and Effective Communication
- Theater of the Oppressed
- Using Documentaries as an Advocacy Tool
- Your Workforce System
- When Higher Wages Increase Poverty: Family Case Studies
Session 3
- Circles is Right for All Communities
- Creating Transformative Change: A Collective Impact Approach
- Demystifying Strategic Planning: Part 2
- Helping the Homeless IS Helping the Community
- The Nexus of Needs and Services: Mapping Poverty in Kansas
- Theater of the Oppressed: Presentation of Scenes
- Understanding Bankruptcy Options: How & Why the Bankruptcy System Might Be Part of the Solution for People in Crisis
Friday, July 17
Session 1
- Breaking Through the Bars: Outcomes & Solutions for Working with Children and Families Affects by Paternal Incarceration
- Framing Poverty: Evidence-Based Messaging Strategies
- Impoverished Homes: How Sexual and Domestic Violence Can Send a Family Spiraling into Poverty and Homelessness
- Redeeming the American Dream: Assets and Economic Mobility
- The Rights of Homeless Students and How They Should Be Served
- Success One Toddler at a Time