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• 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.


COFFEE AND REGISTRATION
INTERNET EXHIBIT: TIE WEB SITE DEMONSTRATION


• 8:00a-8:20a

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
David J. Mactas
Director,Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Rick Sampson
Director
Division of State and Community Assistance


• 8:20 a.m.-8:45 a.m.



IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN WELFARE-NUTS AND BOLTS TREATMENT
Nolia Brandt, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., M.A., C.E.A.P.
Senior Management Analyst
Substance Abuse Program
Florida Department of Children and Families






THE FEDERAL LAWS:

• 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF)
Mack Storrs
Director, Division of Self Sufficiency
Administration on Children & Families


IMPACT ON THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE FIELD
Laura Feig, M.P.P.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

THE FUTURE
Lorinda Daniel,M.A.
Legislative Analyst, Legislation and Internal Affairs
Office of Policy and Program Coordination
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administation


• 9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
BREAK
(INTERNET EXHIBIT: TIE WEB SITE DEMONSTRATION)


• 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
WELFARE REFORM AT THE STATE LEVEL: PRESENTATIONS FROM THE PARTICIPANTS
Facilitated by Nolia Brandt


• 12:00p.m.-1:15 p.m.
LUNCH
(INTERNET EXHIBIT: TIE WEB SITE DEMONSTRATION)


• 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
  RESPONSE PANEL
  Susan A. Christie
  Director,
  Organizational and Professional Development
  American Public Welfare Association
  
  Andrea Kane, M.P.A.
  Program Director for Welfare Reform
  National Governors' Association
  
  Shelly Gehshan, M.P.P.
  Program Principal
  Intergovernmental Health Policy Program
  National Conference of State Legislatures
  
  John S. Gustafson
  Executive Director
  The National Association of State Alcohol & Drug Abuse Directors
  
  
  
  

  RESPONSES TO WELFARE REFORM:PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

• 2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
  NIDA WORK READINESS ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
  Georgia T. Karuntzos, M.S.I.R
  Research Associate
  Research Triangle Institute
  Triangle Park, NC
  
  
  

  STATUS OF THE STATES

• 2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
  VOCATIONAL PREPARATIONS AS PART OF TREATMENT
  Gale Saler
  Deputy Director
  Second Genesis
  Bethesda, MD
  
  
  
• 3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
  BREAK (INTERNET EXHIBIT: TIE WEB SITE DEMONSTRATION)
  
  
• 3:30p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES
  Ellen Weber, J.D.
  Director of National Policy
  Legal Action Center
  Washington, DC
  
  
• 4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CHILDREN OF SUBSTANCE ABUSERS ON WELFARE
  Nancy K.Young, Ph.D.
  President Strategic Planning and Evaluation
  Children and Family Futures
  Irvine, California
  
  
  
• 4:45-5:00 p.m.
  IMPLICATIONS AND OPTIONS FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CLIENT
  Gwen Rubinstein, M.P.H.
  Deputy Director,
  National Policy
  Legal Action Center
  Washington, DC 20002






• 5:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  ASSIGNMENT FOR STATE WORK GROUPS: GETTING DOWN TO NUTS AND BOLTS






• 5:15 p.m.
  ADJOURN

July 17, 1997

GETTING DOWN TO NUTS AND BOLTS (WORKING GROUP BREAK-OUT SESSIONS)

BREAK

REPORTS OUT FROM THE STATE WORK GROUPS
Facilitated by Rick Sampson

ADJOURN

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