Bay Area Roadmap to Cut Poverty – strategy chart – DRAFT UNDER REVISION

Goal:

Cut Poverty in Half in

the Bay Area by

2020.

“Headline Metrics” to measure success: Income: No. of people who get out of poverty

o Issue: Should we use the self-sufficiency standard, 3 times Federal Poverty Line (FPL) -- or 2 times FPL?

Structural change: No. of our ‘top ten’ necessary policy changes that are secured

Progress on the upcoming Stanford Bay Area Report Card: Significant gains on the population-level measures on the Bay Area Report Card on Poverty (e.g. unemployment rate, high school graduation rate)

Other options:

Jobs: No. of households that obtain jobs that pay a self-sufficient income Education: No. of people who complete graduate high school or complete post-secondary education or training

By focusing on the four critical populations with highest poverty rates

1) Female-headed Households

2) Families with Young Children (0 to 5)

3) Linguistically Isolated Households

4) HS Diploma or Less

These four critical populations make up more than 65% of all households in poverty. If we can help a majority of these families make progress, we can cut Bay Area poverty in half.

How we will do it: Remove five key barriers faced by the four critical populations – and create opportunities.

FIVE KEY BARRIERS

Basic Needs/ Cost of Living

Lack of Education

Language and Documentation

Lack of Jobs Ineffective Service Delivery

The costs and lack of availability of child care, health care, and/or housing prevent families from moving forward.

Most people who do not complete high school and post-secondary will not reach economic success.

Limited English speakers, undocu-mented cannot access services, find good jobs or benefit from policies.

Good jobs are not available, or people do not have the skills to obtain the good jobs.

Existing systems often are hard to access, make new problems while solving others, or do not work efficiently.

Proof Points More than one in five families do not have sufficient income to meet basic needs, including housing, child care, health care, and others.

26% of Bay Area youth do not graduate high school. High school dropouts are four times more likely to be poor than college graduates.

Average income for undocumented families is estimated to be $36,000. Meanwhile a family of three requires at least $55,000 to meet basic needs.

Well-paid jobs requiring STEM skills are expected to increase 21%. Yet many low-income residents do not have this training.

Some public systems have shifted from being outcome-focused to monitoring and enforcement. Client-driven services will move more people out of poverty.

This work requires two levels of strategies, structural and individual. Structural: Strategies that work at the system or community level and affect a whole group of people at one time. - Public Policy - Reform Existing

Systems - Align Funding - Align Metrics - Game Changers - Build a Social

Movement Draft under revision

FIVE KEY BARRIERS

Basic Needs/ Cost of Living

Lack of Education

Language and Documentation

Lack of Jobs Ineffective Service Delivery

STRUCTURAL STRATEGIES

Policy: (1) Affordable child care and preschool for all; (2) Health coverage and access to primary care for children and families Align metrics: Major institutions adopt the Self-Sufficiency Standard Reform systems: Maximize use of the current affordable housing stock. Keep existing low-income homeowners and renters in their homes.

Align funding: Build community college capacity to enroll and support TANF recipients for STEM degrees Reform systems: Change TANF rules to allow higher education to be counted as “work activities” Policy: School districts adopt full-service community school model Social movement: Increase parent engagement and advocacy in low-performing schools

Policy: Promote reform to allow undocumented to live, work and pursue education while applying for citizenship and paying their fair share Reform systems: Build social service agencies’ capacity to serve limited English speakers Social movement: Use ‘promotores’ approach to engage community residents in outreach to help access resources

Align metrics: Workforce providers all measure as primary outcome the no. of people who get and keep well-paid jobs Policy: (1) Prioritize sector-based workforce efforts for public funding; (2) Offer incentives to microenterprises and small businesses to hire and train low-income people Reform systems: Use regional agencies and infrastructure more effectively to attract desirable employers (e.g., STEM)

Reform systems: Operators of big social service systems engage in client-centered re-design of services

Game Changer: Set up alternate financing mechanisms to move more capital to the highest-performing social services, systems

Game Changer: Drive technology solutions to increase access, effectiveness and cost efficiency (ex. Web-based benefits enrollment)

INDICATORS (EXAMPLES)

Increase in % with health coverage and access to a primary care doctor.

No. of affordable child care & preschool slots.

Increase in enrollment of TANF recipients at Bay Area community colleges

No. of Roadmap partners who become proficient at serving LEP and undocumented people

No. of regional entities (PUC, MTC, etc.) that implement a plan for hiring, training low-income people

Greater take-up rate (per $ spent) of and benefits services from big public systems

Individual strategies: Support and scale the most effective programs and services. Draft under revision

FIVE KEY BARRIERS

Basic Needs/ Cost of Living

Lack of Education

Language and Documentation

Lack of Jobs Ineffective Service Delivery

PROGRAM/ INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES

Access to benefits: Ensure maximum uptake and use of existing benefits like CalFresh (Food Stamps), Earned Income Tax Credit, child care credit, and others.

Grow homeless prevention and rapid re-housing programs Expand capacity of community clinics and health centers

Link education to the labor market: academy or alternative pathways focused on particular sectors; work-based learning that offers pay and school credit; college-readiness programs that increase college-going rates.

Expand the community school model, which clears barriers to academic success, improves health, and enables economic success.

Adult English as a Second Language (ESL) and other literacy programs

Vocational ESL training specific to particular jobs

Citizenship

application

assistance

Support self-employment and cooperative business development opportunities for the undocumented

Provide sector/industry based employment training targeting growth industries with well-paid jobs. To help low-income workers access STEM opportunities, provide skills upgrade training for STEM-related occupations.

Create one-stop centers that can combine financial, education, and health services

Offer personal empowerment strategies that are not services or program – e.g. personal mobility networks.

INDICATORS (EXAMPLES)

Increase in uptake of existing public benefits - CalFresh, WIC, EITC, etc.

No. of people from the four critical populations that get a 2- or 4-year college degree (which means they have also completed high school graduation or GED)

No. of limited English speakers accessing Vocational ESL

Financial stability beyond increased income: No. of people who increase their savings to 3 months of expenses; raise credit score to 650 or above; reduce debt to under 40% of income

No. of people using and benefiting from personal empowerment strategies