Secretaries' Innovation Group

Washington, DC Meeting November 2015

**To view power point presentations and supporting materials, click on underlined title.

Marijuana

     Marijuana: What Does Science Tell Us?

     Dr. Jack Stein, Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications, National Institute on Drug Abuse 

​     The Coalition Approach to Reducing Marijuana’s Impact

     Sue Thau, Public Policy Director, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

•      State-Level Marijuana Legalization: Myths and Facts

•      Why We Believe Marijuana is Dangerous

•      ​Want to Legalize Marijuana? Colorado School Counselor Would Like to Have a Word with You

•      ​Year One of Colorado's Marijuana Law

•      ​Colorado's Marijuana Industry Violates Federal Law and Even Obama Guidelines
  

     John Walters, Chief Operating Officer, Hudson Institute; & former cabinet member and director of White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

     second Bush Administration

Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs)

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     Improving Access to IUDs and Implants as a Pathway to Decreasing Costs, Increasing Educational Attainment, and     

     Expanding Opportunity in America
     Mark Edwards, CEO, Upstream

•      ​Unintended Pregnancy in the United States
  

Mental Illness

     The Crisis of Jail Mental Illness: A Strategy for Reform

​     Frankie Berger, Director of Advocacy, Treatment Advocacy Center

     Summit County Ohio and Assisted Outpatient Treatment

     Dr. Douglas Smith, Medical Director, Summit County Ohio

• ​    ​Assisted Outpatient Treatment Laws
  

​Food Stamps

     Food Stamps are Growing Too Fast and Without Accompanying Work Requirements

     Jason Turner, Executive Director, Secretaries' Innovation Group

•      SIG Reforming Food Stamps (SNAP) Policy Paper 
  

•      SIG Food Stamp Policy Ideas: November 2015
  
•      SIG Food Stamp Recommendations: November 2014​
  

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• ​     SNAP Households' Eligibility Questionable Under BBCE
  

     USDA Office of Inspector General: FNS Quality Control Process for SNAP Error Rate, September 2015

•      Past, Present, and Future of SNAP: A Look at the First Year of Review

     Congressman K. Michael Conaway, Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture

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Substance Abuse

​    Opiod Medication Assisted Treatment

​​     John Wernert, Secretary, Indiana Family and Social Services Agency   

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     Indiana Initiatives Addressing Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction

​     Chris Johnson, Chief of Staff, Indiana Family and Social Services Agency

• ​     Executive Order 15-09: Addressing Indiana's Drug Abuse Crisis​
•     Indiana Pain Management Prescribing Final Rule
  

Disability

​     Disability: Inherent Problems, Practical Solutions and Action for Reform

     Richard Burkhauser, Professor, Cornell University

     Listen: NPR Disability Program 30 minute segment

EITC

     The EITC - Negative Work Effects and Fraud

     Jason Turner, Executive Director, Secretaries' Innovation Group

Unemployment Insurance

     ​SIG Revitalizing Unemployment Insurance

Program Effectiveness

     How Rocket Science, Big Business, and Bisbee, Arizona Will Transform the Public Sector     ​

     Angela Hawkins, Professor, Pepperdine University

Communications

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     Why Stories Matter: Persuasive Stories and How to Find Them

     Hilary Gowins,  Managing Editor, Illinois Policy Institute

• ​     Una mujer y su carrita: The Face of Chicago's Ban on Food Carts
  

     Hilary Gowins,  Managing Editor, Illinois Policy Institute

•      Good News Story Template and Consent Form​
  

•      Case Study / Job Fairs​

•      Database Sample​​
  

     Jason Turner, Executive Director, Secretaries' Innovation Group