PENNSYLVANIA, April 13 - 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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