TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Day 1 - Wednesday, April 23, 2003
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Conference Opening
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Presentations
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Successful Strategies for Change
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ACHIEVED! Success Stories for Policy Change
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Workshops
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Quality of Life Indicators
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STEPS: Toward a Credible and Inclusive Public Policy Process
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Tool Box on Poverty from the Urban Core Support Network
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Is Poverty a Concern for Everyone?
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Community and Government Together
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View From the Front Door
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Outcomes
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Questions
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Barriers Identified
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Wage Exemption
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Access to Childcare
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Wage restrictions
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Transportation
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Health Care
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Housing
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Other Barriers
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Analyzing the Spheres of Influence
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Living the Poverty Experience
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Learn$ave: An Anti-Poverty Tool
Day 2 - Thursday, April 23, 2003
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Introduction
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Spotlight on Four Key New Brunswick Government Policies
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Economic Unit/Household Income Policy
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Transitional Supports (Health Card, Child Care, Transportation)
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Health Card
B.
Child Care
C.
Transportation
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Wage Exemption
4.
Limited Housing for Non-Elderly Single People
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On the Outside: Some effects of Four Key Government Policies
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On the Inside: Creating Public Policy in New Brunswick
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Policy Drivers
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Policy Considerations
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Policy Development Process
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Internal Process
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Legal Authority for HIP
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Exemptions introduced in 1994
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Additional Exemptions in 1997
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Small group table sessions
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Together, Seeking Stronger Links Between Policies and Poverty
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Economic Unit/ Household Income Policy
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Child Care Policy
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Health Card
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Wage Exemption
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Transportation
Conference Closing
Appendix A - List of Conference Participants
Appendix B - Contacts for Information/Materials
Appendix C - Sample Job Evaluation System
Appendix D - Participants' Comments About the Conference
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