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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/urban-institute-events.
(No registration necessary.)
Panelists:
- Mark Greenberg, deputy assistant secretary for policy, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Heather Hahn, senior research associate, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute
- Mark Millspaugh, deputy director, family investment, Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Department of Social Services
- Pamela Loprest, director, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute (moderator)
The federal government requires states to measure how well they are doing in attaining the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program’s goals. Some states have gone beyond federal requirements and added additional performance measures, making them useful laboratories for understanding the possibilities and challenges of broader and varied performance measurement in TANF.
This forum will discuss what states are doing to move beyond federal measurement standards and will preview a forthcoming Urban Institute report, “Improving State TANF Performance Measures,” funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The panel will address such questions as
- What do states feel are the keys to a performance measurement system that improves TANF outcomes?
- Do states consider non-employment outcomes, such as educational attainment, in their measurement systems?
- How do states approach within-state differences in job availability or other factors when thinking about performance?
- How do states use financial penalties or incentives to motivate local agency and staff performance?
Resources:
- Bios
At the Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.
Breakfast will be provided at 8:30 a.m. The forum begins promptly at 9:00.
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