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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1080
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING A TWO-GENERATIONAL INITIATIVE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) There is established, 1
within the executive branch, a Two-Generational Family Economic 2
Success Cabinet. The cabinet shall work to achieve measurable results 3
for families through coordinated interagency action to (1) drive 4
savings, (2) reduce redundancy, (3) boost impact, and (4) advance 5
racial and socio-economic equity in and through the two-generational 6
initiative established pursuant to section 17b-112l of the general 7
statutes, as amended by this act. 8
(b) The cabinet shall consist of: (1) The Secretary of the Office of 9
Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee; (2) the 10
Commissioners of Early Childhood, Education, Children and Families, 11
Social Services, Public Health, Economic and Community 12
Development, Administrative Services, Housing, Transportation and 13
Correction and the Labor Commissioner, or each commissioner's 14
designee; and (3) the president of the Connecticut State Colleges and 15
Universities, or the president's designee. The chairperson of the cabinet 16
shall be the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the 17
secretary's designee. The cabinet shall meet at least quarterly and 18
report to the Governor. 19 Substitute Bill No. 1080
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(c) The cabinet, informed by the recommendations of the advisory 20
board established pursuant to section 17b-112l of the general statutes, 21
as amended by this act, shall: (1) Remove institutional barriers to 22
successful implementation of the two -generational initiative 23
established in section 17b-112l of the general statutes, as amended by 24
this act; (2) share data to facilitate the initiative; (3) coordinate and 25
leverage existing resources to assist families to overcome common 26
barriers to economic success while generating savings for the state; (4) 27
pursue innovative approaches based on input of parents and other 28
community members to increase the impact of the initiative while 29
advancing racial and socio-economic equity; and (5) annually establish 30
shared indicators and goals for interagency collaboration to achieve 31
quantifiable and verifiable systems change to disrupt cycles of 32
intergenerational poverty and advance family economic self -33
sufficiency. Such indicators and goals, may include, but need not be 34
limited to: (A) Improvements to service coordination and delivery 35
across one or more programs for early learning, adult education, child 36
care, housing, job training, transportation, financial literacy, health and 37
mental health services, and (B) efforts to sufficiently support pathways 38
to family-sustaining workforce opportunities. 39
(d) The cabinet shall develop and present a long-term interagency 40
plan to the Governor to further coordinate, align and optimize service 41
delivery of relevant two-generational programs state-wide. Such plan 42
may include, but need not be limited to: (1) State incentives for public 43
and private entities that develop such two-generational programming; 44
(2) streamlined resource, practice and data sharing within and between 45
agencies that serve families; and (3) the development and assessment 46
of two-generational programming outcomes. The cabinet shall file an 47
annual report on its progress in accordance with the provisions of 48
subsection (f) of section 17b-112l of the general statutes, as amended by 49
this act. 50
Sec. 2. Section 17b-112l of the general statutes is repealed and the 51
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 52 Substitute Bill No. 1080
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(a) There is established [an] a two-generational initiative to [foster 53
family economic self-sufficiency in low-income households through a 54
comprehensive two-generational service delivery approach] disrupt 55
cycles of poverty and advance family economic self-sufficiency. The 56
initiative shall [promote systemic change to create conditions across 57
local and state public sector agencies and the private sector] 58
collaborate across public and private sectors to support early 59
childhood care and education, health and workforce readiness and 60
economic self-sufficiency across two generations in the same 61
household. Households may include, but need not be limited to, 62
children and their mothers, fathers, noncustodial parents and other 63
primary caregivers. 64
(b) The Office of Early Childhood shall serve as the two-65
generational initiative's coordinating agency. [for the executive 66
branch.] The initiative may [review and consider] include review and 67
consideration of the following, within available appropriations, [:] to 68
attain family economic mobility and success: 69
(1) [Improvements to the coordina tion and delivery of] 70
Coordination and delivery of programs that improve access to services 71
and equity in economic opportunity for families. Such programs may 72
include, but need not be limited to, early learning programs, adult 73
education, child care, housing, apprenticeship and job training, 74
transportation, financial literacy, [and other related support services, 75
including, but not limited to,] health and mental health services, and 76
sufficiently supported pathways to family-sustaining workforce 77
opportunities, offered at one location, [wherever] whenever possible; 78
(2) Alignment of [existing state and local support systems around 79
the (A) household, including how to leverage] state and federal 80
resources around the family including the Temporary Assistance for 81
Needy Families block grant funds, and services to equip such 82
[households] families with the tools and skills needed to overcome 83
obstacles and engage opportunities. [, and (B) the coordinated state-84
wide reading plan for students in kindergarten to grade three, 85 Substitute Bill No. 1080
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inclusive, developed pursuant to section 10-14v; 86
(3) Development of a long-term plan to coordinate, align and 87
optimize service delivery of relevant programs state wide. Such plan 88
may include, but need not be limited to, (A) the targeted use of 89
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds, to the 90
extent permissible under federal law, to support two-generational 91
programming; (B) state incentives for private entities that develop such 92
two-generational programming; (C) streamlined resource, practice and 93
data sharing among and between agencies that serve families involved 94
in the initiative in order to best serve such families; and (D) the 95
development and assessment of two -generational programming 96
outcomes; and 97
(4) Partnerships between state and national philanthropic 98
organizations, as available, to provide support, technical assistance, 99
guidance and best practices to the participating communities in the 100
initiative and the advisory council established pursuant to subsection 101
(d) of this section.] 102
(c) [The] Implementation of the initiative shall foster the 103
comprehensive two-generational service delivery approach for early 104
care and education and workforce readiness in learning communities 105
that may include, but need not be limited to, New Haven, Hartford, 106
East Hartford, West Hartford, Norwalk, Meriden, Windham, Enfield, 107
Waterbury and Bridgeport. The initiative shall be [informed by 108
members of low-income households within these communities and] 109
implemented in partnership with parent and family leaders to 110
determine the priorities and challenges of low-income households. 111
Coordinators of the initiative shall foster a peer-to-peer exchange and 112
technical assistance in best practices between learning communities 113
that shall be shared with the advisory [council] board established 114
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. The staff of the Commission 115
on Women, Children and Seniors shall serve as the [organizing and] 116
administrative staff to the learning communities. 117 Substitute Bill No. 1080
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[(d) A Two-Generational Advisory Council shall be established as 118
part of the initiative to advise the state on how to foster family 119
economic self-sufficiency in low-income households through a 120
comprehensive two-generational service delivery approach for early 121
care and education and workforce readiness. The council shall consist 122
of one member of the General Assembly appointed by the speaker of 123
the House of Representatives, who shall serve as a cochairperson; one 124
member of the Senate appointed by the president pro tempore of the 125
Senate, who shall serve as a cochairperson; one member representing 126
the interests of business or trade organizations appointed by the 127
majority leader of the Senate; one member with expertise on issues 128
concerning health and mental health appointed by the majority leader 129
of the House of Representatives; one member on issues concerning 130
children and families appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 131
one member of the General Assembly appointed by the minority 132
leader of the House of Representatives; a member of a low-income 133
household selected by the Commission on Women, Children and 134
Seniors; representatives of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations 135
and scholars who are experts in two-generational programs and 136
policies; and other business and academic professionals as needed to 137
achieve goals for two-generational systems planning, evaluations and 138
outcomes selected by the cochairpersons. The Commissioners of Social 139
Services, Early Childhood, Education, Housing, Transportation, Public 140
Health and Correction and the Labor Commissioner, or each 141
commissioner's designee; and the Chief Court Administrator, or the 142
Chief Court Administrator's designee, shall serve as ex-officio 143
members of the advisory council. The staff of the Commission on 144
Women, Children and Seniors shall serve as the organizing and 145
administrative staff of the advisory council. 146
(e) Not later than September 1, 2018, the Two-Generational 147
Advisory Council shall consult with the Office of the Attorney 148
General, the Office of Policy and Management and the Connecticut 149
Preschool through Twenty and Workforce Information Network, 150
established pursuant to section 10a-57g, to develop a uniform 151 Substitute Bill No. 1080
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approach among partner agencies in the two-generational initiative to 152
facilitate data sharing in accordance with state and federal law 153
pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of 154
this section. 155
(f) Not later than December 31, 2018, the advisory council shall 156
report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint 157
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 158
matters relating to education, housing, human services, labor, public 159
health, transportation and appropriations and the budgets of state 160
agencies that includes (1) The challenges and opportunities in working 161
with a parent and child concurrently in a two-generational service 162
delivery model; (2) recommendations to improve systems, policy, 163
culture, program, budget or communications issues among agencies 164
and service providers on the local and state levels to achieve two-165
generational outcomes; (3) recommendations on the elimination of 166
barriers to promote two -generational success; and (4) 167
recommendations concerning improved data sharing developed 168
pursuant to subsection (e) of this section across two-generational 169
initiative partner agencies.] 170
(d) A Two-Generational Advisory Board shall be established as part 171
of the initiative to advise the state, the legislature and the Two-172
Generational Family Economic Success Cabinet, established pursuant 173
to section 1 of this act, on how to foster family economic self-174
sufficiency in low income households through a comprehensive two-175
generational service delivery approach for early child care, education 176
and workforce readiness. The board shall work in partnership with 177
philanthropic organizations, as available, to provide support, technical 178
assistance, guidance and best practices to the participating 179
communities in the initiative implemented pursuant to subsection (c) 180
of this section. The board shall consist of (1) one member of the 181
General Assembly appointed by the speaker of the House of 182
Representatives, who shall serve as a cochairperson; (2) one member of 183
the Senate appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who 184 Substitute Bill No. 1080
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shall serve as a cochairperson; (3) one member representing the 185
interests of business or trade organizations appointed by the majority 186
leader of the Senate; (4) one member with expertise on issues 187
concerning health and mental health appointed by the majority leader 188
of the House of Representatives; (5) one member with expertise on 189
issues concerning children and families appointed by the minority 190
leader of the Senate; (6) one member of the General Assembly 191
appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; (7) 192
representatives of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations and 193
scholars who are experts in two-generational programs and policies, 194
selected by the chairpersons; (8) parent or family leaders representing 195
low-income households, selected by the Commission on Women, 196
Children and Seniors, who shall constitute one-fourth of the board; 197
and (9) other business and academic professionals as needed to 198
achieve goals for two-generational systems planning, evaluations and 199
outcomes, selected by the chairpersons. The chairperson of the Two-200
Generational Family Economic Success Cabinet, established pursuant 201
to section 1 of this act, or the chairperson's designee, and the Chief 202
Court Administrator, or the Chief Court Administrator's designee, 203
shall serve as ex-officio members of the advisory board. The staff of the 204
Commission on Women, Children and Seniors shall serve as the 205
organizing and administrative staff of the advisory board. 206
(e) Not later than July 1, 2020, pursuant to the advisory authority 207
established in section 3-125, the Office of the Attorney General, in 208
consultation with the Two-Generational Advisory Board, established 209
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the Two-Generational Family 210
Economic Success Cabinet, established pursuant to section 1 of this act, 211
the Office of Policy and Management and the Connecticut Preschool 212
through Twenty and Workforce Information Network, established 213
pursuant to section 10a-57g, shall develop a uniform interagency data 214
sharing protocol to promote cross -agency and cross-sector 215
collaboration under this section to the fullest extent permitted by state 216
and federal laws. 217 Substitute Bill No. 1080
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(f) Not later than December 31, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 218
Two-Generational Advisory Board, established pursuant to subsection 219
(d) of this section, in collaboration with the Two-Generational Family 220
Economic Success Cabinet, established pursuant to section 1 of this act, 221
shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the 222
joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 223
of matters relating to education, housing, human services, labor, public 224
health, transportation and appropriations and the budgets of state 225
agencies. The report shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The 226
opportunities and challenges in working with a two-generational 227
service delivery model, and (2) recommendations to (A) develop 228
methods that ensure two-generational initiative approaches are based 229
on continuous feedback from family leaders regarding the priorities 230
and challenges of low-income households; (B) improve systems, 231
policy, culture, program, budget or communications issues among 232
agencies and service providers on the local and state levels to achieve 233
two-generational outcomes; (C) eliminate barriers to two-generational 234
success; and (D) improve data sharing across two-generational 235
initiative agencies. 236
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 17b-112l
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(a)(4), "in and through the two-generational initiative
established pursuant to section 17b-112l of the general statutes, as
amended by this act" was added for clarity; in Section 2(b)(1), "to
services" was added after "access" and "in economic opportunity" was
added after "equity" for clarity; in Section 2(d)(7), ", selected by the
chairpersons" was added after "policies" for accuracy; in Section
2(d)(9), a comma was inserted after "outcomes" and "cochairpersons"
was changed to "chairpersons" for consistency and in Section 2(e) "to
remove legal barriers" was deleted for accuracy and to eliminate
redundancy.
Substitute Bill No. 1080
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