Audio Conference Series:

Cities Promote Opportunity

CLASP-managed Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity and the National League of Cities’ Institute for Youth, Education & Families are excited to co-sponsor a series of three national audio conferences in fall 2012 entitled “Cities Promote Opportunity.” Each call will explore policies, innovations and strategies that are helping to increase economic opportunity at the local level, with key stakeholders sharing tips on implementing their ideas.

The Cities Promote Opportunity audio conference series will explore on November 15 how in Savannah, Ga., businesses like Ikea are making a difference in promoting opportunity. Find additional details and register >

New City Strategies     

Thursday October 18, 2012 3 PM (ET)     

Providence, R.I.’s Poverty, Work and Opportunity Task Force developed recommendations over five years ago for how the city could build opportunity for its residents. Although the Task Force has completed its work, new strategies now underway are carrying forward its mission.   This audio conference will explore these strategies, which include braided multiple funding streams that are helping bring programs to scale, and making healthy homes both a housing issue and a health agency issue.

This is the second of three Cities Promote Opportunity audio conferences.

• Garry Bliss, Director of Compliance, Office of Planning and Development, Providence
• Brenda Whittle, Director of External Affairs and Marketing, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
• Jenae C. Bjelland, Director of Healthy Homes, National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP)

Register below for this Oct. 18th audio conference! Space is limited.