such individuals and families rise above poverty and 
achieve long-term economic stability. 
(c) METHODS.—In developing the national plan 
under subsection (a), the Working Group shall employ 
methods for achieving the goals described in subsections 
(a) and (b) that include— 
(1) entering into an agreement with the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences for a workshop series on 
the economic and social costs of child poverty, as de-
scribed in title II; 
(2) studying the effect of child poverty on the 
health and welfare of children, including the access 
of children living in poverty to health care, housing, 
proper nutrition, and education; 
(3) measuring the effect of child poverty on the 
ability of individuals to achieve economic stability, 
including such effect on educational attainment, 
rates of incarceration, lifetime earnings, access to 
healthcare, and access to housing; 
(4) updating and applying improved measures 
of poverty that can meaningfully account for other 
aspects relating to the measure of poverty, such as 
the Supplemental Poverty Measure used by the 
United States Census Bureau; and 
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(5) using and applying fact-based measures to 
evaluate the long-term effectiveness of anti-poverty 
programs, taking into account the long-term savings 
and value to the Federal Government and to State, 
local, and tribal governments of practices and poli-
cies designed to prevent poverty. 
SEC. 164. OTHER DUTIES. 
In addition to developing the national plan under sec-
tion 102(a), the Working Group shall— 
(1) monitor, in consultation with the Domestic 
Policy Council and the National Economic Council, 
all Federal activities, programs, and services related 
to child welfare and child poverty; 
(2) establish guidelines, policies, goals, and di-
rectives related to the achievement of the goals of 
the national plan, in consultation with nongovern-
mental entities providing social services to low-in-
come children and families, advocacy groups that di-
rectly represent low-income children and families, 
policy experts, and officials of State, local, and tribal 
governments who administer or direct policy for 
anti-poverty programs; 
(3) advise all relevant Federal agencies regard-
ing how to effectively administer and coordinate pro-
grams, activities, and services related to child wel-
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fare and child poverty and how to resolve any dis-
putes that arise between or among such agencies as 
a result of such administration or coordination; 
(4) provide recommendations to the Congress 
regarding how to ensure that Federal agencies ad-
ministering programs, activities, and services related 
to child welfare and child poverty have adequate re-
sources to increase public awareness of such pro-
grams, activities, and services and how to maximize 
enrollment of eligible individuals; 
(5) identify methods for improving communica-
tion and collaboration among and between State and 
Federal governmental entities regarding the imple-
mentation of State programs related to child welfare 
and child poverty, such as State programs funded 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
(relating to block grants to States for temporary as-
sistance for needy families), and submit rec-
ommendations regarding such methods to relevant 
Federal agencies and congressional committees; and 
(6) hold hearings in different geographic re-
gions of the United States to collect information and 
feedback from the public regarding personal experi-
ences related to child poverty and anti-poverty pro-
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grams, and make such information and feedback 
publicly available. 
SEC. 165. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) NUMBER OF MEMBERS.—The Working Group 
shall be composed of no less than 6 members. 
(b) EXECUTIVE PAY RATE.—Each member shall be 
an official of an executive department who occupies a posi-
tion for which the rate of pay is equal to or greater than 
the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. 
(c) REQUIRED PARTICIPATION OF CERTAIN EXECU-
TIVE DEPARTMENTS.—The Working Group shall include 
at least one member who is an official of each of the fol-
lowing executive departments: 
(1) The Department of Justice. 
(2) The Department of Agriculture. 
(3) The Department of Labor. 
(4) The Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(5) The Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment. 
(6) The Department of Education. 
(d) APPOINTMENT.—Each member shall be ap-
pointed by the head of the executive department that em-
ploys such member. 
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(e) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—On request of the 
Chairperson, any head of a Federal agency shall furnish 
directly to the Working Group any information necessary 
to enable the Working Group to carry out this Act. 
(f) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed for the 
life of the Working Group. 
(g) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall 
be filled in the manner in which the original appointment 
was made. 
(h) QUORUM.—A majority of members shall con-
stitute a quorum. 
(i) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the Working 
Group shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services. 
(j) MEETINGS.— 
(1) INITIAL MEETING PERIOD.—The Working 
Group shall meet on a monthly basis during the 
180-day period beginning with the date on which 
funds are made available to carry out this Act. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—After such 180- 
day period, the Working Group shall meet not less 
than once every 6 months and at the call of the 
Chairperson or a majority of members. 
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