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General Government REVISED

Room 230
Subject General Government
From Date
Time 1:00pm
Location Room 230

Interim Study 2024-036

Decreasing Poverty in Oklahoma

Requestor: Senator Julia Kirt

1. Opening Remarks - Senator Kirt and Senator Hicks

2. Introductions - Mary Knott, Poor People's Campaign of Oklahoma

3. Lived Experience - Makeisha Smith

4. Overview of Poverty in Oklahoma - Anthony Flores, Oklahoma Policy Institute

5. The Current Status of Anti-Poverty Efforts in Oklahoma:

a. SNAP, TANF, Child Care Subsidy, ABD, Long Term Care - Sondra Shelby, DHS

b. WIC - Christina Windrix, OSDH

c. Soonercare, Christina Foss, OHCA

6. Challenges and Possible Solutions:

a. Broad Based Categorical Eligibility - Jessica Dietrich, Hunger Free Oklahoma

b. No Wrong Door, Single Point of Entry - Anthony Flores, Oklahoma Policy Institute

c. Changing the Benefit "Cliff" to a "Slope" - Ed Bolen, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

d. Modernization of Tax Credits - Aanahita Erin, Oklahoma Policy Institute

7. Long Term Care Solutions: Education, Employment and Higher Wages - Presented by State Chamber of Commerce

8. Q&A

9. Closing Remarks - Senator Kirt and Senator Hicks

10. Other business

Meeting Related Materials

Jessica Dietrich_Hunger Free Oklahoma Christina Wix OSDH Sondra Shelby DHS Anthony Flores Oklahoma Policy Institute Dr. Jarrett Jobe Regents for Higher Education Aanahita Ervin Tax Credits Ed Bolen Center for Budget and Policy Priorities Christina Foss OHCA