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8:15 a.m.
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Registration and Continental
Breakfast
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9:00 a.m.
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Opening Plenary
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Welcome & Conference Overview: (Rev.) Dr. Rosetta Robinson
Greetings: County Officials
Invocation: Host Pastor
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10:00 a.m. –
11:15 a.m.
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Session 1 (Early Morning)
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Track A1: Emergency Tool Kit: Focus on Client Self-Sufficiency.
Helping emergency assistance clients move toward self-sufficiency is
hard work.
Topics include:
• Lights Out I: Covers county and state
utility assistance resources and programs.
• Lights Out II: Covers nonprofit and
corporate programs to promote energy conservation.
Track B1: Health Care Blues: Whom do you turn to for help when you can’t
afford to buy a prescription to help you feel better?
Topics include:
• Community Pharmacy: An overview of selected county and nonprofit
services that provide prescriptions for low-income residents.
• Hospital & Patient Assistance Programs: How to get free drug samples
as well as access patient assistance programs offered by pharmaceutical
companies.
Track C1: Employment: Focus on Jobs: Helping low-income residents
succeed in the marketplace. Topics include:
• Who’s Working and Where: This workshop presents employment statistics,
job trends, and implications for Montgomery County.
• What’s Working: Best practices in training and counseling programs.
Track D1: Caregivers Clinic: Focus on Capacity-Building. Covers topics
to help providers become better at what they do.
Topics include:
• New Normal: An overview of what it takes to manage nonprofits in times
of budget cuts and decreased donations.
• Maximize Resources: Provides helpful hints for effective use of
volunteers, boards, and grants to do more with less.
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11:15 a.m.
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Break
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Session 2 (Late
Morning)
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Track A2: Emergency Tool Kit: Focus on Client Self-Sufficiency.
Helping clients move toward self-sufficiency is hard work.
Topics include:
• Financial Fitness I: Learn about community
efforts to improve financial literacy among low-income populations.
• Financial Fitness II: In their Own Words:
Hear client testimonials on how they are living within their means by
managing resources.
Track B2: Health Care Reform: What’s it all about?
Topics include:
• Legislation: A snapshot of the pending
legislation and prognosis for survival.
• Advocacy: What others are doing to expand
health care coverage. What you can do.
Track C2: Employment: Focus on Jobs: Helping low-income
residents succeed in the marketplace.
Topics include:
• New Priorities: Insights about policies to
make work, work for low-income households, including the potential for
green jobs.
• New Opportunities: Here about creative
partnerships.
(congregational, community and county)
Track D2: Caregivers Clinic: Focus on Capacity-Building. Covers
topics to help providers become better at what they do.
Topics include:
• Stressed Out: Listening to the warning signs
affecting well-being and finding a remedy
Personal Growth: A prescription just for you.
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Cinco de May Closing
Networking Luncheon
Entertainment: Luis Martinez
John Gonzalez, Newschannel 8/WJLA-TV
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Luncheon (Optional: Table Talks)
Amidst the ambience of musical entertainment,
attendees have an opportunity to relax with peers at unreserved tables
or to gather at reserved tables for Table Talk to continue conversations
about a specific topic. Topics include: Homelessness, Hunger and Clergy Connecting.
Table Talk Descriptions
Health Care Ahead: What's next in
health care reform and related issues? Join this Table to continue the
conversation.
Hunger Hurts: Why is hunger growing in Montgomery County? Experts at
Hunger Table will answer your questions about hunger in our community.
Clergy Connections: Would you like more time to meet with other clergy
attending the Caregivers Conference to discuss similar concerns about
poverty in Montgomery County? Follow signs to the Table in the Library
to meet and collaborate. Bring your business cards.
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1:45 p.m. |
Community Recognition Awards
Closing Remarks
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Evaluations/Exhibits
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Post Conference Field Trip:
(pending availability and
registration)
(Return by 3:30 p.m.)
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