"It's not your father's Community Action Conference:
A Symposium presenting...New Research, New Ideas and New Partners"
April 27-28, 2016 in Portland, Oregon
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Wednesday, April 27
Keynote: Moving from Transactional to Transformational Services – BJ Walker, Director, State Government/Strategy and Operations Deloitte Consulting LLP
Panel: The nature, science and importance of innovation
Provocative Question #1: s it more important to get fewer people out of poverty than to provide a minimum amount of service to many?
- Rand Clark, Community of Care Navigator, Denver, CO
- Small groups
Theory of Change and Choosing How to Measure – A presentation on Region 10 Theory of Change and the Indicators Project for measuring success
- Melissa Torgerson, Oregon State University
- Bruce Webber, Ph.D., Oregon State University
Lunch: What would it take to cut poverty in half in the United States? – David Reimer, Senior Fellow at the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provocative Question #2: How would people in poverty benefit from getting direct cash transfers?
- Multnomah County, Portland, OR
- Small groups
Provocative Question #3: Is a child’s Zip Code more important than their genetic code in determining their health and success?
- Larry Wallack, PhD, Professor of Public Health, College of Urban and Public affairs, Portland State University
- Small groups
Thursday, April 28
Keynote: Social Determinants of Health – David Erickson, Director, Center for Community Development Investments, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Provocative Question #4: Is there a business model for poverty reduction? Examples: Pay for Success, Social Impact bonds, and other outcome based funding models.
- Ian Galloway, Senior Research Associate and Oregon State, Community Development Field Manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
- Small groups
Provocative Question #5: How can we dramatically reduce the cost of building affordable housing so we aren’t building it on the backs of poor people?
- Rob Justus, Co-founder of Home First Development and Executive Director of CASH Oregon
- Small groups
Lunch Speaker: Denise Harlow, Executive Director, National Community Action Partnership, Washington, D.C
Provocative Question #6: What is the benefit of addressing the stress from being poor and facing social inequity for getting out of poverty? (Executive functioning)
- Reginald Richardson, Director, Office of Self-Sufficiency Programs, Dept. of Human Services, State of Oregon
- Small groups
What are Foundations thinking about innovation?
- Meyer Memorial Trust - Oregon
- Crittenden Foundation - Regional
- United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
- NW Area Foundation – Regional
- SW Washington Foundation - Washington
Techniques for Making Change in Organizations and Programs
- Panel of agency representatives from around Region 8 & 10, who will provide examples of how big changes were made in the direction of their organizations and what they learned.
- Small groups to share experiences with change
Final reflections
