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Strengthening Rural Families An Action-Learning Institute for Washington Horizons Communities

November 1-4, 2009 SeaTac, Washington Welcome!. Strengthening Rural Families An Action-Learning Institute for Washington Horizons Communities. Rural Working Family Reality Check. Living with a Hole in Your Pocket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBYBKv5b-U Avoiding the Money Trap

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Strengthening Rural Families An Action-Learning Institute for Washington Horizons Communities

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  1. November 1-4, 2009 SeaTac, Washington Welcome! Strengthening Rural FamiliesAn Action-Learning Institutefor Washington Horizons Communities

  2. Rural Working Family Reality Check • Living with a Hole in Your Pocket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IBYBKv5b-U • Avoiding the Money Trap • Nickel and Dimed

  3. Strengthening Rural FamiliesAn Action-Learning Institutefor Washington Horizons Communities November 1-4, 2009 SeaTac, Washington Welcome!

  4. Again our Definition:RuFES • Rural • Family • Economic • Success

  5. How did we get to Today? • Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) has been working on the ground and with partners to develop Family Economic Successapproach to improving prospects and outcomes for families and their children. • AECF and the Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) and Washington State University Extension agreed to partner on a RuFES Institute focused on Washington Horizons communities. • WSU Extension/Horizons extended the offer to Horizons II communities to form actionteams to participate in this Institute. • You answered the call!In large and small ways, you are already focused on some RuFES outcomes in your work.

  6. How did we get to Today? • AECF working partner - Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group– collaborated with NWAF, WSU Extension and your teams to tailor this Institute to your RuFES priorities and starting points. • Team Formation • Interviews • Agenda Design and Emphasis • Selection and Preparation of Resource Team, Stories and Materials

  7. Why are we here? Objectives-1 • Learn about the RuFES Earn It, Keep It, Grow It Framework and how it can be applied within our Horizons effort -- focusing on the particular circumstances facing rural families in our communities and Washington. • Identify proven RuFES ideas, strategies, practicesand policies to adopt or adapt that have good potential for success right here at home.

  8. Why are we here? Objectives-2 • Build and strengthen peer connections within teams and across the state that will help Washington move more rural families ahead.. • Devise – working in community teams – a set of short-term RuFES Action Plansto take the next set of steps in advancing specific RuFES goals. • Build RuFESnetworks! • Have someF-U-Nin the process!

  9. How will we do this? • You bring to the table your Horizons experience, your RuFES Target Families and keep them in mind. • We hear about and explore a range of specific stories and strategies in sessions devoted to Earn It, Keep It and/or Grow It. • We stop for team reflection – Noodlin’ Time – a few times along the way to glean what applies to us. • You develop an Action Plan at the end! Then…You go home and act!

  10. Agenda Segments – Sunday PM • Rural Working Family Reality Check • Living With a Hole in Your Pocket • Avoiding the Money Trap • Agenda Overview  You are here now!  • Community Team Introductions Your Assignment #2

  11. Agenda Segments – Monday AM Rural Family Economic Success Overview RuFES and Community Economic Success Earn It / Keep It SessionGetting the Rural-Most from Earned Income Tax Credit Overview: What Is It? EITC for Rural Places Rural EITC Works Here: Washington Can Do It! Help on Hand in Washington for EITC: State, IRS, Internet! The Washington Policy Front Lunch! Noodlin’ TimeTax Credit Action Ideas

  12. Agenda Segments –Monday PM Keep It Session Know All the Money Traps: The “Nasty Nine” Family Financial Predators Keep It Session The Better Bunch: Financial Products and Policy that Help Families Innovations in Action Video Bank On Cowlitz County Financial Products Innovations and Trends The Washington Policy Front Keep It Session Financial Education – The Key to Keeping it Financial Education Overview Goldendale Story: A PUD Deposit Carrot Makes MoneySmart Stick! Noodlin’ TimeFinancial Education & Product Ideas

  13. Agenda Segments –Monday PM • RuFES Reception– in the Reflections Gallery • Dinner…in the Stuffed Mushroom Mix it up! No more than one (two max) person from each team at every dining table please!

  14. Agenda Segments – Tuesday AM • Earn It / Keep It Session Getting Rural Families to Work – and Life! • Affordable Auto Purchase: JumpStart – Peter Kilde With a Community Jitney to Boot! • Affordable Car Repair: Wheels to Work – Don Wake Oh – and a Transportation Collaborative Along for the Ride! • Tri-County Transportation Story – Kelly Scalf/Colville • WashDot on the Spot – Tom Hanson • Earn It / Keep It / Grow It Session Getting Rural Families to Broadband – and Broadband to Rural Families! • Noodlin’ TimeTransit (Actual & Virtual) Action Ideas

  15. Earn It / Grow It Session Growing Rural Family & Community Livelihood through Entrepreneurship– Part I Energizing Rural Entrepreneurs: Roadmap, Directions and Tales – Chuck Palmer Get on the Colville “E Train” – Colville Team Latino Rural Microenterprise Pilot: Grant County Team Help on Hand for Growing Entrepreneurship State Government Here to Help – George Sharp Statewide Microenterprise Organization Here – Teresa Lemmons Oregon’s Mercy Corps Here to Help: Anthony Gromko Noodlin’ TimeRural Entrepreneurship Action Ideas Agenda Segments – Tuesday PM

  16. Salty’s at Redondo Beach Car Pool there – just a few miles away Local Business Award Winning Lots to Exchange! Agenda Segments – Tuesday PM

  17. Agenda Segments – Wednesday AM • Earn It / Keep It / Grow It Session Washington Asset Building and Policy Action Resources - Paul Knox • Deepen It Session RuFES Action Topic Advice Breakouts • Transportation • Entrepreneurship • Broadband • EITC and Financial Education • Keeping your RuFES and Horizons Effort Going and Rolling • Other… YOU CHOOSE!

  18. Ultra Noodlin’ Time Craft Your RuFES Back-Home Action Plan Over Lunch: On Your RuFES Horizons: Report Your Action Plans! Next Steps / Wrap Up / Adjourn! Agenda Segments – Wednesday PM

  19. Agenda Tools and Threads • The Earn It, Keep It, Grow It Goals • The Resource Team: One (or more) for Each Community Team • Reflection toward Action: • Your Target Families and RuFES Goals– Keep in Focus • Noodlin’ Reflection Time:What specific action ideas are in this for our team and our Target Families? • Team Action Plans and Reports

  20. Agenda Tools and Threads • Structured Assignments • Oodles of Materials – Your Packets! • A process to capture any new referrals that come up onsite • You All Come Here with Horizons Experience and Expertise and Success –We are just building on it!

  21. Agenda Challenges • Always more to do than we can fit! • It will come thick and fast! Ideas AND paper • Approach: Exposing you to a lot of good practice in a short time – leaving you the work (and joy!) of making local sense of it all • Timing is everything – or at least IMPORTANT! • Be Understanding and Friendly!

  22. Honesty Safety Risk Respect Listen Care and Share Timeliness Fun & Comfort Rules of Engagement

  23. Who is with us? • Seven Great Community Teams • We’ll get to you in a few minutes • Guest Resource Team ( throughout -- see bios) • Monica BabineBrian Cahill • Danielle Friedman Marcel Goulet • Anthony Gromko Tom Hanson • Peter Kilde* Paul Knox • Teresa Lemmons Liz Myntti • Chuck Palmer* George Sharp • Leland Smith Don Wake* And SOME OF YOU!

  24. Who is with us? Northwest Area Foundation • Jerry Uribe Annie E. Casey Foundation • Miriam Shark Washington State University Extension/Horizons • Robert McDaniel Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom • Dr. Linda Fox Patrick Malone • Louise Parker Iowa State University Extension/Horizons • Ruth Freeman Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group • René Bryce-Laporte Kelly Malone • John Molinaro Janet Topolsky

  25. Location of our stuff: The Cedars: We meet here! The Stuffed Mushroom: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (except Tuesday dinner and Wednesday lunch) Breakouts: To be assigned Wednesday Copies and powerpoints Give Kelly your Handouts! Give John any Powerpoints! Logistics Questions: KELLY! Speaking of …Logistics

  26. Questions? Then on to… Community Team Introductions

  27. Your Homework Was… Who are your RuFES Target Families? What is the set or subset of low-income rural families that you most want to help with your RuFES Action Plan? Top three-five important facts or details about those families situations or challenges. What are your top two Horizons accomplishments or assets that will form a good base for your RuFES action? What are your two Target Family Reality Check-ins? What is an effective practice you used to consult with families in determining or designing a service or program? What is a change in the design or delivery of a service, activity or project that you made because of advice from your target families – change that helped your effort be more successful or work better? Who’s Here – with What to Start?

  28. Chewelah Community Team • Ralph Walter – Co-Team Leader • Rose Walter – Co-Team Leader • Tracy Ferrell • Karrel Miller • Aubrey Reeves • Tracey Rice • Terri Washburn • Krisan LeHew – Team Coach

  29. Colville Community Team Terri Elders – Team Leader Heidi Braun Scott Douglas Eric Ohrtman Sue Poe Kelly Scalf Mary Wagner Krisan LeHew – Team Coach

  30. Goldendale Community Team Mindy Blomquist -Team Leader Mike Cannon Lorraine Fritsch Susan Kerr Sylvia McFarland Brian Wanless Linda Williams– Team Coach

  31. Grant County Community Team Candi Allison – Team Leader Sharon Chesterman Jasmyne DeBeaumont Shelly Lewis Janelle Ottmar David Plate Tony Garcia – Co-Team Coach Christine Price– Co-Team Coach

  32. Kettle Falls Community Team Steve Gray – Co-Team Leader Robyn Westergard – Co-Team Leader Pat Elliott Debra Kollock Cheryl Largent Leanne Pomrankey Sue Richardson Krisan LeHew – Team Coach

  33. Mossyrock Community Team Wilma Sofranko - Team Leader Glenn Aldrich Dick Larman Tammy Mocan Rebecca Sutherland Donna Wilson Joe Baisch – Co-Team Coach Joy Baisch – Co-Team Coach

  34. Skamania / West KlickitatTeam Sarah Hackney - Team Leader Bruce Bolme Ubaldo Hernandez Sally Mansur Lynea Moat Vicki Pfeiffer Johanna Roe Linda Williams – Team Coach

  35. Dinner Now!The Stuffed MushroomDownstairsNo more than one person per team at each table – TWO maxBE BACK to start at the stroke of 8:15 tomorrow morning

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