Kansas Association of Community Action Programs
2017 Kansas Conference on Poverty
July 19-21 in Topeka, KS
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Workshops
This year's conference will include pre-conference sessions, as well as 40 plenary sessions and workshops – see detailed descriptions and meet the experts.
Wednesday, July 19
Pre-Conference Session: Conflict and You
Plenary Session: Overincarceration in America
Session 1
- Building Resilience in Head Start Children
- Client Poverty: Life Hacks from Corrections Professionals (part 1)
- Combating Tobacco Dependence and Addiction among the Economically Disadvantaged, Uninsured, and Underinsured
- Compassionate Accountability
- How Leadership, Advocacy, and Energy Can Engage Communities in Poverty Work
- Mobile Services: Bringing Resources to People
Session 2
- Combating Client Poverty: Life Hacks from Corrections Professionals (part 2)
- Compressed Work Weeks
- Helping Clients with Mental Health Needs
- Leadership: Developing a High Performing Team
- Let’s Build a Brain!
- A Modern Partnership for Family Stabilization, Financial Education and Economic Mobility
Thursday, July 20
Plenary Session: The Positives Behind Negative Attention
Session 1
- The History of Poverty in America: Looking Back to Move Forward
- Job Creation Strategies for Rural Community-Based Organizations
- Supported Decision Making: Achieving Meaningful Community Life
- Tearing Down Walls and Deflating Misconceptions of the Latino Community
- Telehealth ROCKS: Leveraging Technology to Improve Access to Care for Development and Behavioral Needs
- Yes, Libraries!
Session 2
- Basics of Operating a Small Business Loan Fund
- Beyond Sustainability: Creating Resilient Organizations
- “If I Only Had a Job”
- Poverty and the Human-Animal Bond: Ending the Cycle of Judgment
- Power Up, Power Down: Managing Your Energy for Enhanced Productivity and Performance
- The Track to Social Justice: Resisting and Impacting Injustices within Your Community (part 1)
Session 3
- Gaining Independence through Organized Financial Records
- Partnerships with K-State Extension for Local Poverty Alleviation
- Pathways to Employment
- Planning to Plan: How to Kickstart Strategic Planning
- Successfully Competing for Funding
- The Track to Social Justice: Resisting and Impacting Injustices within Your Community (part 2)
Friday, July 21
Plenary Session: Kansas Tax Policy and Poverty Connection
Session 1
- Bridges for Kansas Families: Building Social Connection and Resilience for Families in Poverty
- Jackson County Parole Re-Entry Project
- PACE: The Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
- Preventing the Summer Slide for Low-Income Families
- TAP IT: A Model for Successful Advocacy and Sales
- Why is this Person Still Working Here?
Closing Plenary: Annie McKay, CEO, Kansas Action for Children