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The Promise and Challenge of Systematic State Support for Place-Based Community Development
State-local leaders discuss benefits of state-local collaboration around community development. They present their views on the most important ingredients of sustained state-local collaboration that produces good outcomes.
- Eric Brenner, Senior Policy Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, Governor’s Office (moderator)
- Dan Anderson, President, FoCUS Federation
- Emily Mondschein, Program Associate, Voices for Illinois Children
- Gene Niewoehner, Senior Program Specialist and Analyst, TANF and Welfare to Work, US Department of Health and Human Services
- Julio Rodriguez, Senior Public Service Administrator, Illinois Department of Human Services
- Dr. Paula Wolff, Senior Executive, Chicago Metropolis 2020
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Sustaining a Permanent State Focus on Place-Based Community Development
This session looks to the future opportunities and challenges facing a continuation of IWA’s effort to coordinate multiple agency efforts to foster community development in distressed areas.
- Debra Wesley Freeman, President/CEO of Sinai Community Institute (moderator)
- Brian Banks, Researcher, Policy Research Action Group (PRAG)
- Senator Miguel del Valle, State Senator 2nd District
- William Holland, Special Assistant to Secretary Linda Renee Baker, Illinois Department of Human Services
- Dan Keefe, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
- BJ Walker, Chief of Human Infrastructure, Mayor’s Office
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