Sublette County Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop

The SAFV Task Force in conjunction with the Sublette BOCES, Rural Health Foundation of Sublette County, and Coordinated Care of Sublette County are proud to present this nationally recognized workshop taught by the co-author of "Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities" Terie Dreussi Smith .

Registration Deadline is September 26th.

The workshop is a comprehensive approach to understanding the dynamics that cause and maintain poverty from the individual to the systemic level. Bridges Out of Poverty uses the lens of economic class and provides concrete tools and strategies for a community to prevent, reduce, and alleviate poverty.

Participants will review poverty research, examine a theory of change, and analyze poverty through the prism of the hidden rules of class, resources, family structure, and language. Throughout the workshop, participants will receive specific strategies for improving outcomes for people living in poverty, but the focus of the workshop is to provide a broad overview of concepts.

This training assists employers, community organizations, social service agencies, and individuals gain insight and strategies.

There will be POST and Continuing Education Credits available for Professional Development. Please let us know if you need a specific CEU and we will do all we can to accomodate your needs.

If you need a hotel please call the Pinedale Hampton Inn and Suites at (307) 367-6700 and use code "SAFV". The rate is $79.00 per night.

You must reserve your hotel by September 19th to get the discounted rate.

The Department of Family Services, The Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, and the Sublette County Rural Health District are all providing the materials free of charge for their members or employees. If you would like to set up a reimbursement plan as well please call us at (307) 367-6305.

Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction

• Creating a Mental Model of Generational Poverty

• Break

• Review Research Realities

• Key Points

• Lunch

• Hidden Rules

• Language, Story and Cognition

• Break

• Family Structure

• Resources

• Program Design

• Evaluation

• Adjournment 4 p.m.

Supported in part by the Office of the Attorney General, Division of Victim Services