Child Poverty Task Force Work Plan

Goal - The Task Force shall develop a ten-year plan to reduce the number of Delaware children living in poverty by 50% and establish recommendations for prevention and intervention services in order to promote the health, safety and well-being of Delaware's children and families.

Task Force Work Groups - First Stage

Purpose - To collect the whole range of data and research needed to make recommendations, including internal (state) and external (national) perspectives and information
Time Frame - Six months

Data and Research Work Group - staffed by KIDS COUNT

• Charge - To work with KIDS COUNT to present data at January Meeting; to lead discussion on definition of child and definition of poverty; to identify risk factors, underlying etiologies, long-term effects and cost to state

Public Meetings and Outreach Work Group - staffed by Legislative Fellow and KIDS COUNT

• Charge - to organize the process for getting public input from citizens and stakeholders throughout the state and report on results

Agency Inventory Work Group - staffed by Legislative Fellow

• Charge - to create an inventory of agencies that address child poverty, calculate percentage of children served and document possible policy improvements, stumbling blocks and new ideas

Task Force Work Groups - Second Stage

To be Decided

Last Updated: Tuesday, 20-Jan-2009 10:10:49 EST