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Vol. 74, No. 6

December 2016

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December 2016

Policy&Practice

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TODAY’S

EXPERTISE

FORTOMORROW’S

SOLUTIONS

departments

3 Director’s Memo Designing Ecosystems Together 5 Locally Speaking Reducing Recidivism Through Combined Community Effort: The Allegheny County Jail Collaborative 6 From the Field Case Management Coordination for High Utilizers 7 HSITAG’s HHS State of the States Survey 20 Legal Notes A-Z Responses to a Class Action Lawsuit Against a Public Human Service Agency 21 Foster Care Applicants with Criminal Background Histories 22 Technology Speaks The Best Route to Take 23 Association News Conference Updates from NSDTA, AASD, NASTA, and Affiliate Election Results 27 Staff Spotlight Maurine Jones, Conference Meeting Planner 32 Our Do’ers Profile Lisa Tatum, Director, Self-Sufficiency Division, Fairfax County (VA) Department of Family Services

features

Employer Resource Networks Improving Job Retention Through Private–Public Partnerships Graduation, College, Career Using Education and Statistical Analysis to Battle Poverty and Define Success Innovating Across America Stories from the Field 8 12 16

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