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	<description>Developing an Economic Security Agenda to support New York State's working families and grow the State's middle class.</description>
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		<copyright>&#xA9;Economic Security Forum </copyright>
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		<itunes:summary>Developing an Economic Security Agenda to support New York State's working families and grow the State's middle class.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Governor Paterson announces a series of Town Hall Meetings to focus on economic security</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/06/13/governor-paterson-announces-a-series-of-town-hall-meetings-to-focus-on-economic-security/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/06/13/governor-paterson-announces-a-series-of-town-hall-meetings-to-focus-on-economic-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Input Sought on Ways to Improve Economic Well-Being of New Yorkers
13 Meetings Scheduled Across New York State
Governor David A. Paterson today announced that his Economic Security Cabinet will hold a series of Town Hall meetings throughout the State this summer to present its ideas for improving the economic wellbeing of low-income families and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Paterson’s Economic Security Cabinet Announces Regional Town Hall Meetings</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/06/05/governor-paterson%e2%80%99s-economic-security-cabinet-announces-regional-town-hall-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/06/05/governor-paterson%e2%80%99s-economic-security-cabinet-announces-regional-town-hall-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Governor Paterson’s Economic Security Cabinet is Pleased to Announce Regional Town Hall Meetings to Receive Comments on New York State’s Efforts to Protect and Enhance the Economic Security of Low-Income Families 
In this national economic downturn, Governor Paterson has charged his Economic Security Cabinet with exploring opportunities to support struggling low-income families. These Town Hall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overview</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/overview/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/overview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economic Security Cabinet (&#8221;Cabinet&#8221;) has been charged with developing an Economic Security Agenda to support New York State&#8217;s working families and grow the State&#8217;s middle class. The Cabinet has four main objectives:
1) Reduce New York State&#8217;s high cost of Living;
2) Expand educational opportunity in New York State&#8217;s increasingly knowledge-based economy;
3) Strengthen New York State&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-wage Worker Initiatives Action Team</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/low-wage-worker-initiatives-action-team/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/low-wage-worker-initiatives-action-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charge: Identify ways to improve employment and training opportunities, particularly for low-income/disadvantaged populations, through low-wage worker initiatives.
Recommendations:
3 months 
Improve access to E&#38;T, particularly by disadvantaged populations, by ensuring program policies and procedures encourage E&#38;T:
Catalog existing policies to determine where policy changes could increase access to E&#38;T, particularly by disadvantaged populations; identify recommendations/findings from the Higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alignment of Labor Market Trends and Workforce Development Investments Action Team</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/alignment-of-labor-market-trends-and-workforce-development-investments/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/alignment-of-labor-market-trends-and-workforce-development-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charge: Align workforce development system enhancements and economic development investments to maximize employment and training efforts.
3 months 
Align DOL, Empire State Development Corporation(ESDC), and State Education Department (SED) geographic workforce structures: 
Develop agreement on consolidated regional structure. DONE. (See Appendix F for a map of NYS workforce regions.)
6-9 months
Align DOL, Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), and State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Opportunities Action Team</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/technology-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/09/technology-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charge: Improve low-income working individuals and families’ access to work support bnefits through technological enhancements of existing screening and eligibility tools.
Recommendations:
3 months 
Identify current state, local, and private sector technology practices that support expedited access to and accurate applications for work support benefits. (See Appendix E for a list of current technology practices.) 
6-9 months
Develop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outreach and Marketing Action Team</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/08/outreach-and-marketing-action-team/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/08/outreach-and-marketing-action-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charge: Improve the presentation of work support benefits, particularly Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB), to increase low-income working individuals and families’ knowledge, access, and use of these benefits. (See Appendix D for a list of current outreach and marketing strategies used by Cabinet member agencies, and ideas for expanding these strategies to include other work support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Income and Resource Requirements Action Team</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/08/requirements-action-team/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/08/requirements-action-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charge: Align work support benefit eligibility requirements to increase use by low-income working individuals and families.
Recommendations:
3 months 
Eliminate multiple income tests across work support benefit programs and within individual work support benefit programs: 
Develop matrix of income and resource requirements across state agencies. (DONE. See Appendix A for work support benefit income test and Appendix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cross-Agency Issues Action Team</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/08/cross-agency-issues-action-team/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2008/05/08/cross-agency-issues-action-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charge: Improve coordination of policy and funding decisions among state workforce partners and explore ways to strengthen the role of the Sate Workforce Investment Board (SWIB) to provide a platform for better coordination measures.
Recommendations:
3 months 
Explore how the SWIB can be strengthened to ensure the entire workforce system best supports workers’ needs for career and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Announces Economic Security Agenda For New York&#8217;s Working Families</title>
		<link>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2007/08/13/governor-spitzer-announces-economic-security-agenda-for-new-york%e2%80%99s-working-families/</link>
		<comments>http://economicsecurity.us/blog/2007/08/13/governor-spitzer-announces-economic-security-agenda-for-new-york%e2%80%99s-working-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Eliot Spitzer today laid out his economic security agenda in a speech delivered at the Upper Manhattan Workforce 1 Career Center, a job training facility in Harlem run by the non-profit organization Seedco. The goal is to strengthen and grow the middle class by helping New York&#8217;s low income, working families achieve financial security.To [...]]]></description>
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