CalFresh

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Food Stamp/Eligibility Modernization Symposium I
October 2, 2008
Sacramento, California

Agenda

Welcome:

• Bruce Wagstaff, Director, Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance
• Ed Zylman, Director, Mono County Department of Social Services
• John Wagner, Director, California Department of Social Services
• Allen Ng, Regional Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Modernization Panel

• E. Maria Brown, Florida Department of Children and Family Services (Miami-Dade County)
• Kathy Link, Utah Department of Workforce Services
• Phil Ansell, Los Angeles County Department of Social Services
• George Manalo-LeClair, Califronia Food Policy Advocates

Keynote Speaker

• Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr.

Group Discussion:  Panel A - Automation

• Facilitator: George Christie, California Office of Systems Integartion
• Facilitator: Jessica Bartholow, California Association of Food Banks
• Leo O'Farrell, San Francisco County
• June Hutchison, C-IV Project
• Sunday Smith, San Joaquin County
• E. Maria Brown, Florida Department of Children and Family Services (Miami-Dade County)

Group Discussion:  Panel B - Business Process Reengineering

• Facilitator: Charr Lee Metsker, California Department of Social Services
• Facilitator: Mike Herald, Western Center on Law and Poverty
• Mary Myers, First Data
• Curtis Updike, Ventura County
• Kathy Link, Utah Department of Workforce Services

Group Discussion:  Panel C - Customer Service and Client Participation

• Facilitator: Mike Papin, California Department of Social Services
• Facilitator: Michael De La Rosa, San Bernardino County
• Estela Walsh and Robin Ynacay Nye, State of Nevada
• Phil Ansell, Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services
• George Manalo-LeClair, California Food Policy Advocates

Wrap Up and Next Steps:

• Dennis Stewart, Regional Director, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
• Bruce Wagstaff, Director, Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance