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Work Support Strategies County LeadershipCall and Webinar January 14, 2014

www.pcghumanservices.com

Agenda• Updates

• Professional Development

• County Sharing: Hard Launch

• Questions/Concerns

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Updates

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Regional Meetings• Feb 20-21 Central Region Meeting – Pinehurst, NC• Feb 27-28 Eastern Region Meeting - Atlantic Beach, NC• March 20-21 Western Region Meeting - Asheville, NC• Additional Eastern meeting being added

Leadership Summit• March 24-26, 2014. Monday mid-day through Wednesday mid-day• Koury Convention Center; Greensboro, NC• Three staff members per county• Letter going out later this week• Registration due Friday, February 14, 2014.

FNS Processing Times DCDL dated 12/20: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dss/dcdl/dssdirector/DIR-07-2013.pdf

Professional Development

Read Articles and BooksConfronting the Child Care Eligibility Maze: simplifying and aligning with other work supports (link)• This study, written as a joint effort between the Urban Institute and CLASP,

works to identify many of the administrative barriers to families seeking child care subsidy, and suggests various solutions to increase efficiency in obtaining this entitlement.

A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink (link)• A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink examines the rates of financial

insecurity among American women and the children who depend on them, investigate the impact of it on our nation’s institutions and economic future, and promote modern solutions to help women strengthen their financial status. Insomuch, the Shriver Report essay mentions WSS an example of positive change for states.  

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County Sharing

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NC FAST: Updates from Hard Launch

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Dare County: Bonnie Drewry, WSS Champion

Johnston County: Allison Smith, WSS Champion and Geneva Ray, Program Manager

Orange County: Lindsey Shewmaker, WSS Champion

Contact Sheet

Judy LawrenceDHHS Project ManagerJudy.lawrence@dhhs.nc.gov (336) 227-2063

Erin HenderlightPCG Project Managerehenderlight@pcgus.com (828) 214-3614

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Shannon MontanezPCG Project Teamsmontanez@pcgus.com (919) 576-2266

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Public Consulting Group, Inc.148 State Street, Tenth Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(617) 426-2026, www.publicconsultinggroup.com