8 February 2016
Association of Farmworker
Opportunity Programs
(AFOP)
2014 National Conference
Schedule-at-a-Glance
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8 February 2016
Monday, September 22, 2014
8 am – 4 pm
REGISTRATION open in Pacific Foyer
Board Committee Meetings – Room Pacific A
11 am - 1 pm
Finance Committee
1 - 2 pm
Personnel Committee
2 - 2:30 pm
Program Oversight and Resource
Development Committee
11 am – 6 pm
2:30 - 3 pm
Conference Committee
3 - 3:30 pm
Health & Safety Committee
3:30 - 4 pm
AFOP Training Institute
4 - 4:30 pm
Legislative Committee
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Children in the Fields Committee
5:30 - 6 pm
Executive Committee
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
8 am – 4 pm
10:30 am – 12 pm
and 1:30 pm – 3 pm
8 am – 9 am
REGISTRATION open in Pacific Foyer
SILENT AUCTION open in Embarcadero Room
OPENING BREAKFAST BUFFET Pacific Rooms BCD
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PLENARY 1 – AFOP President Jesús Gamboa; CET President
Hermelinda Sapien, and two CET graduates; Federal Affairs
Consultant Lee Foley, discusses legislative developments; Hall
9am – 10:30 am
of Fame Award presentation; and Virginia Hamilton, Region Six
Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor Employment and
Training Administration
10:30 am – 6 pm
Pacific Rooms BCD
AFOP Board Members meeting in Pacific A
BREAKOUT SESSION A
AFOP Training Institute: Mary Ann Lawrence, Session 1
Harborside Room (Previously registered participants)
Employment & Training: Tamara Thompson, “Help
Participants Overcome Employment Barriers” Pacific D Room
Agency Board Training: Norma Flores Lopez, “Growing a
Community of Support for Your Cause”
10:30 am – 12 pm
Captain V Room
Immigration: Frank Sanchez, “Providing Immigration
Information Outreach” West Coast Room
Fiscal: Steve Malliaras, “Super Circular” (Information on the
new Uniform Guidance, including implementation schedules
and DOL activities)
Porthole Room
MIS/Management: Andrew Wiegand “Managing for Common
Measures (WIA) and Future (WIOA)” (For grantees’ MIS Staff
members) East Coast Room
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12 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch on your own
BREAKOUT SESSION B
AFOP Training Institute: Mary Ann Lawrence Session 2
Harborside Room (Previously registered participants)
Employment & Training 1: Diedria Joseph, “Engaging
Employers to Hire Participants”
Pacific D Room
Employment & Training 2: Tamara Thompson, “Improve
Participant Retention Services”
Pacific B Room
Agency Board Training: Lee Foley, “The Importance of
1:30 pm – 3 pm
Engaged Washington, D.C. Advocacy”
Captain V Room
Immigration: Luis Guerra, “How to Conduct Group
Processing” West Coast Room
Fiscal: Steve Malliaras, “New Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA)”
Porthole Room
MIS/Management: Andrew Wiegand, “Participants
Characteristics, Reporting and Negotiating Goals & The NFJP
Regression Adjustment Model” for Directors and Senior Staff
Pacific A (in Board Meeting Room)
3 pm – 3:30 pm
BREAK: Coffee, tea, punch in Pacific Foyer
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BREAKOUT SESSION C
AFOP Training Institute: Mary Ann Lawrence, Testing
Session (previously registered participants) Harborside
Room
Employment & Training: Tamara Thompson, “Help
Participants Overcome Employment Barriers” REPEAT Pacific
D Room
3:30 pm – 5 pm
Agency Board Training: Cleo Rodriguez, “Agency Board
Relations” Captain V Room
Immigration: Martin Gauto, Esq., “Fundamentals of
Immigration” West Coast Room
Fiscal: Steve Malliaras, “Procurement”
Porthole Room
MIS/Management: Joe Briceno, “Labor Market Information
for Job Developers”
East Coast Room
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
6:30 am – 7:30 am
FITNESS WALK meet in Pacific Foyer/Lobby
8 am – 10 am
REGISTRATION open in Pacific Foyer
10:30 am – 3 pm
SILENT AUCTION open in Embarcadero Room
*Auction CLOSES at 3 pm
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PLENARY 2 – Coffee and Tea
Pacific BCD
Health & Safety Award; Children in the Fields Campaign Essay
9 am – 10:30 am
& Art contest winners announced; NFJP at 50 historical photo
montage; and panel discussion on NFJP at 50 Years: past and
future challenges
BREAKOUT SESSION D
AFOP Training Institute: Mary Ann Lawrence, New ATI
Business Services Certification Session (Prior registration
required)
Harborside Room
Employment & Training: Diedria Joseph, “Engaging
Employers to Hire Participants” Pacific A Room
Policy: Diane Walton, DOLETA, “Better Coordination Between
NFJP and One Stops” (For Directors, Senior Staff, and Agency
10:30 am – 12 pm
Board Members) Captains V Room
Immigration: Martin Gauto, Esq., “Routes to Legal Status”
West Coast Room
Fiscal: Yazmin Escorcia, “Allowable Costs”
Porthole Room
MIS/Management: Katy Nelson, AFOP Workforce
Development Director, and Adrienne DerVartanian, Director of
Immigration and Labor Rights at Farmworker Justice, “DACA
Eligibility and Immigration Reform”
12 pm – 1:15 pm
East Coast Room
Lunch Buffet and Peer-to-Peer Best Practices
Sharing and Review
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Pacific BCD
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BREAKOUT SESSION E
AFOP Training Institute: Mary Ann Lawrence, New ATI
Business Services Certification Session 2 (Prior registration
required)
Harborside Room
Employment & Training: Mike Fazio, “But ... I do it all”
Pacific A Room
Policy: Cleo Rodriguez, “Synergy between the National
Farmworker Jobs Program and Migrant and Seasonal Head
Start “ (For Directors, Senior Staff, and Agency Board
1:30 pm – 3 pm
Members) Captains V Room
Immigration : Martin Gauto, Esq., “Fundamentals of
Immigration” West Coast Room (Repeat)
Fiscal: Steve Malliaras, “Oversight” Porthole Room
MIS/Management: Krister Engdahl, “ Overview of New
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)”
East
Coast Room
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
AFOP Training Institute Job Seeker Services CERTIFICATION
CEREMONY - Remarks by AFOP President Jesús Gamboa
Certificates presented by MaryAnn Lawrence (ALL conference
participants, particularly credentialing program students and
their supervisors, to attend) Pacific A Room
4:30 – 6 pm
AFOP PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION - Hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar
and President’s Award presentation (All conference participants
to attend) Pacific BC Room
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6 pm – 7:30 pm
USA Farmworker PAC Live Auction Pacific D (All conference
participants to attend)
Thursday, September 25, 2014
8 am – 10 am
8 am – 10 am
REGISTRATION open in Pacific Foyer
SILENT AUCTION prizes available for pick up in Embarcadero
Room
BREAKOUT SESSION F
Employment & Training 1: Mary Ann Lawrence, “Diffusing
Negative Attitudes: Yours, Your Co-workers, and Your Job
Seekers” Pacific A Room
Employment & Training 2: Mike Fazio, “Goaling: Setting
Goals is Easy” Harborside Room
Policy: Juan Regalado, “WIOA Listening Session” (For
Directors, Senior Staff, and Agency Board Members)
8:30 am – 10 am
Captains V Room
Immigration: Martin Gauto, Esq., ”Routes to Legal Status”
West Coast Room (REPEAT)
West Coast Room
Fiscal: Steve Malliaras, “Operations”
Porthole Room
MIS/Management: Joe Briceno, “Labor Market Information
for Job Developers” REPEAT East Coast Room
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10 am – 10:30 am
COFFEE BREAK in Pacific Foyer
BREAKOUT SESSION G
Employment & Training 1: Mary Ann Lawrence, “Who? Me?
Stressed?” Pacific A Room
Employment & Training 2: Mike Fazio, “Workforce Diet”
Harborside Room
Policy: Lianna Shannon, DOL, “State Monitor Advocate and
NFJP Cooperation” Captains V Room
10:30 am – 12 pm
Immigration: Martin Gauto, Esq., “Immigration Program
Management and Integration Services” (Directors and Senior
Staff) West Coast Room
Fiscal: Steve Malliaras, “Fiscal Reporting”
Porthole Room
MIS/Management: Krister Engdahl, “Preparing for a Site
Visit”
East Coast Room
PLENARY 3 – Closing LUNCH BUFFET
Pacific BCD
AFOP President Jesús Gamboa introduces head table; AFOP
12 pm – 2 pm
Excellence Awards winners presentation by Corrie Hout Jensen;
Closing remarks; 50/50 Raffle (must be present to win prize)
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
AFOP Conference Committee Post-Event Meeting in East Coast
Room
*PLEASE NOTE: All events are subject to change (content, location, time, etc.)
Contact laursen@afop.org or 202-828-6006 x102 for any questions.
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