Commonwealth affected by intergenerational poverty
escape the cycle of poverty.
(I) Developing and implementing programs and
policies that use the two-generation approach.
(iii) Studying and measuring the effect that poverty
and economic insecurity have on all of the following:
(A) Worker productivity and economic output.
(B) The health and welfare of children,
including access to health care, housing, proper
nutrition and quality education.
(iv) Identifying Commonwealth programs, including
those related to economic development, job creation, job
training, the environment, disaster relief, hazard
mitigation, extreme weather and climate change, in need
of reform to better target resources to low-income,
minority, rural, urban and other populations or
geographic areas suffering from economic insecurity and
disparate rates of poverty.
(v) Measuring the fiscal impact on the Commonwealth
from successfully transitioning individuals and families
from poverty to long-term economic stability. Fiscal
impact measurements may include all of the following:
(A) Reductions in long-term costs of social
safety net programs.
(B) Reductions in long-term health care costs by
improving health of households formerly facing
economic insecurity or poverty.
(C) Increases in State and local revenues
attributable to new taxpaying individuals as a result
of increased employment and disposable income.
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