Welcome and Remarks: HPOG Opportunities

Moderator: Kim Stupica-Dobbs Speakers: Susan Golonka, Acting Director, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families Kim Stupica-Dobbs, HPOG Program Manager, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families

The Changing Healthcare System and What It Means for HPOG

Objectives: Grantees will learn about what is happening in the healthcare system and have a better understanding of the changing delivery systems and what it means for the workforce (i.e. changes in labor market information). In addition, grantees will be able to discuss what these changes mean for them, and whether or not it resonates with what they have been hearing. Moderator: Priscila Silva Speakers: Daniel Bustillo, Director, Healthcare Career Advancement Program Jennifer Buechler, Social Services Manager, Missouri Department of Social Services

Break Out Session: Career Pathways - Connecting Adult Basic Education Through Employment

Objectives: Grantees will obtain information on the benefits of implementing effective career pathway models at the state, local, and grantee levels. This session will cover the process and steps to implementing career pathways that start with ABE and purposefully connect to higher wages. Grantees will hear from other HPOG programs to find out what implementing effective career pathways looks like in practice to include assessment, planning, and documentation. Grantees will walk away with concrete tools to use in career pathway planning including the OFA Career Pathways Catalog of Toolkits.

Learning Cohort Results: Behavioral Economics and Two-Generation Approaches

Objectives: Grantees will be provided an overview of the two HPOG learning cohort topics - Two- Gen Approaches and Behavioral Economics. Grantees will hear about the experiences of fellow HPOG programs that took part in the eight-week learning cohort to include key take-aways and actions steps. Moderator: Kailiah Thomas Speakers: Nadine Dechausay, Research Associate, MDRC Seanna Melchior Ruvkun, Project Manager, Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County Janae Bradford, Family Advancement Services and Partnerships Manager, Community Action Project of Tulsa County Alex Lyle, Healthcare Training Coordinator, Cook Inlet Tribal Council

Building Financial Capability for HPOG Participants

Objectives: Grantees will learn about the importance of building financial capability, asset-building strategies and tools available for program use. In addition, grantees will learn how to incorporate financial capability into an HPOG program (i.e. what it looks like and what is taught). Moderator: Priscila Silva Speakers: Parker Cohen, Associate Director, Corporation for Enterprise Development Danita Wadley, Regional Director, Volunteers of America Texas

Introduction to the Trauma Informed Approach

Objectives: Grantees will learn about trauma, its impact, and strategies for implementing a trauma informed approach. Grantees will also learn about the ACE Study. Finally, grantees will be able to name the four basic principles of providing trauma informed care, identify the three stages of trauma recovery, and the importance of taking care of self. Moderator: Kim Stupica-Dobbs Speaker: Kath Schilling, Trauma Specialist, Institute for Health and Recovery

Break out Session: TANF Partnerships and Integrated Project Planning

Objectives: Grantees will learn about the TANF program, lessons learned from HPOG 1 grantees in partnering with TANF, and hear from an HPOG grantee about how they grew their TANF partnership. Moderator: Kim Stupica-Dobbs Speakers: Julie Siegel, Director, Division of State TANF Policy, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families Kim Stupica-Dobbs, Program Manager, HPOG, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families Becky Fausett, Project HELP Director, Central Community College Vanessa Meinberg, Success Coach, Southeast Community College

Listening Session – HPOG Opportunities

Moderator: Kim Stupica-Dobbs Speakers: Mark Greenberg, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families Susan Golonka, Acting Director, Office of Family Assistance, Administration for Children and Families Shae Cheatham, PHOCAS Project Director, Workforce Development Board SDA-83 Leslie Roundtree, Project Director, STEP UP Program, Chicago State University

Recruitment Strategies – Target Population Sources and Creating Access for Non-Traditional Students

Objectives: Grantees will learn about creating Access for Non-Traditional Students (Adult Basic needs) and exploring how to reach those who need it most (keeping random assignment in mind). Specific sources for the target population will include ABE, Head Start and TANF. Grantees will also learn about different tools that can be used to target materials with a certain message, as well as who they can partner with to reach those hardest to serve. Moderator: Priscila Silva Speakers: Tara Alatorre, GoodCare Project Director, Goodwill Industries® of the Valleys Janae Bradford, Family Advancement Services and Partnerships Manager, Community Action Project of Tulsa County Stephen Blackford, Senior Project Manager, Worksystems Matt Klinkhammer, Communications Coordinator, Part of TAACCCT Grant RITA Consortium

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn

Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn, Director, Center for Higher Education Enterprise, The Ohio State University

HPOG Success Story

Angela Cuffe, LPN/Administrator, Prairie View Assisted Living from Central Community College (Project HELP)