2015 Kansas Conference on Poverty

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

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