P&P December 2016

TODAY’S EXPERTISE FORTOMORROW’S SOLUTIONS

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Vol. 74, No. 6 December 2016

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Employer Resource Networks Improving Job Retention Through Private–Public Partnerships

Graduation, College, Career Using Education and Statistical Analysis to Battle Poverty and Define Success

Innovating Across America Stories from the Field

departments

3 Director’s Memo

22 Technology Speaks The Best Route to Take

Designing Ecosystems Together

5 Locally Speaking Reducing Recidivism Through Combined Community Effort: The Allegheny County Jail Collaborative 6 From the Field Case Management Coordination for High Utilizers

23 Association News

Conference Updates from NSDTA, AASD, NASTA, and Affiliate Election Results

27 Staff Spotlight

Maurine Jones, Conference Meeting Planner

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32 Our Do’ers Profile Lisa Tatum, Director, Self-Sufficiency Division, Fairfax County (VA) Department of Family Services

HSITAG’s HHS State of the States Survey

20 Legal Notes

A-Z Responses to a Class Action Lawsuit Against a Public Human Service Agency

21 Foster Care Applicants with Criminal Background Histories

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