Policy Events
Policy Directors Annual Meeting 2009
Thank you for helping to make our event a success!
Our 2009 Meeting of State Policy Directors was a great success, spurring several useful policy discussions which we hope to continue through webinars and strategy academies throughout the next year.
Briefing Materials from the Meeting
(Click here for PDF of Distributed Briefing Book)
Lightning Round
Policy Framework to Strengthen Community Corrections, Pew Center on the States
Increasing Jobs through High Road Revenue Neutral Innovations, Pew Center on the States
Cultural Development and City Neighbors,Carole Rosenstein
10 State Actions to Ensure Effective Data Use, Data Quality Center
Proficiency Based Education, Education Commission of the States
College Savings Initiatives: Five Low-Cost Ideas, New America Foundation
State Policy Database Infosheet, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Regional Collaboration in Workforce Development, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Smart Reform for State Transporation, Smart Growth Leadership Institute and CSI
Budget and Government Performance
State's Budgets in Crisis,John Petersen, George Mason University
Game Changing Opportunities to Deal with Fiscal Crisis,Public Strategies Group
Trade off Time How 4 States Continue to Deliver,Pew Center on the States
Urban Agenda
Policies that Work a Governors' Guide to Growth and Development,GICD
Implementing ARRA Innovations in Design in Metro America, Brookings Institution
Cultural Development and City Neighborhoods,,Urban Institute
Education
Race to the Top: Comments to Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan
Race to the Top: Promising State Models,Education Commission of the States
Perfecting the Formula,Data Quality Campaign
Toward a Progressive 529 Plan, New America Foundation
Partnerships Between GEAR UP and State College Savings Plans, Center for Social Development
Beyond the School Yard,Pew Center on the States
Energy
State Funding under the American Clean Energy and Security Act, (excerpt)GCC (whole article)
How the House Climate Bill Would Expand Retrofits and Green Job,
The Clean Energy Economy,Pew Center on the States
Rebuilding America a National Policy Framework,Center for American Progress
Corrections
The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections,Vera Institute on Justice
One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, The Pew Center on the States
Justice Reinvestment in Wisconsin, The Council of State Governments
Improving Outcomes for People with Mental Illness, The Council of State Governments
Transportation
Moving Cooler(excerpt), Urban Land Institute
Fighting Oil Addiction (abridged), National Resource Defense Council
Driving and the Built Environment(excerpt), Transportation Research Board (whole report)
Testimony of Scott Bernstein, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Workforce Development
Removing Hurdles to Education for Jobless Workers Collecting UI Benefits,NELP
Working Learners: Educating our Entire Workforce for Success, Center for American Progress
Toward Ensuring American Workers and Industries the Skills to Compete, The Workforce Alliance
Oregon's Forgotten Middle Skilled Jobs,The Workforce Alliance
Charting a Path, Seattle Jobs Initiative
Health Care
How Comprehensive Reform Will Improve Health Care for All Americans, Commonwealth
State Variation and Health Care Reform, Kaiser Family Foundation
Dual Eligibles, Kaiser Family Foundation
Racial Health Care Disparities, Families USA
** Web Only: Kaiser Presentation from the Event