prove outcomes of programs addressing poverty 
in the Federal Government; 
(J) reducing the negative impacts of asset 
limits for eligibility which impact Federal, State 
and local poverty programs on the effectiveness 
of programs where limited eligibility creates 
gaps in necessary service and benefit delivery, 
and restricts access to benefits as individuals 
and families attempt to transition off of assist-
ance programs and which can prevent needy 
beneficiaries from improving long-term out-
comes and achieving long-term economic inde-
pendence from need-based programs; 
(K) identifying Federal programs, includ-
ing those related to disaster relief, hazard miti-
gation, extreme weather and climate change, 
and necessary reforms to better target re-
sources towards disproportionately impacted so-
cially vulnerable, low income and disadvantaged 
communities may provide greater socio-eco-
nomic benefits; 
(L) improving the ability of community- 
based organizations to participate in the devel-
opment, oversight and implementation of Fed-
eral poverty-related programs; 
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(M) improving access to good jobs with 
adequate wages and benefits by individuals liv-
ing in poverty, low-income households, and the 
unemployed; 
(N) expanding and stabilizing poor and 
low-income persons connection to work and ac-
cess to critical job training and/or skills up-
grade training that will lead to re-entry in the 
workforce; 
(O) developing a comprehensive strategy to 
connect low-income young people and to re-con-
nect currently disconnected youth to education, 
work, and their community; and 
(P) shifting the focus of poverty and 
means-tested programs across the Federal Gov-
ernment beyond the relief of deprivation and in-
stead setting goals, measures, and outcomes 
more focused on measuring the success of pro-
grams in supporting and improving how capable 
individuals and families can access educational 
and economic opportunities to successfully tran-
sition away from accessing public assistance 
and benefits and achieving long-term economic 
stability which will reduce long-term costs in 
domestic social needs programs, reduce long- 
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term health care costs due to the improved 
health of formerly poverty stricken households, 
increase the number of taxpaying individuals 
which will increase revenue, and lower the en-
rollment and costs in need based benefits and 
services programs, thus improving the economy 
and reducing long-term deficits for Federal, 
State, and local governments; 
(2) oversee, coordinate, and integrate all poli-
cies and activities of the Federal Government, in co-
ordination and consultation with the Domestic Pol-
icy Council and the National Economic Council, 
across all agencies relating to reducing the number 
of individuals, families, and children living below the 
Federal poverty line, in extreme poverty or near pov-
erty and increasing the number of households able 
to achieve long-term economic stability with assets 
sufficient to maintain a decent living standard with-
out relying on public supports— 
(A) 
economic, 
commercial, 
and 
pro-
grammatic policies that can effect or relieve the 
effects of poverty through job creation, and eco-
nomic development targeted to low income, mi-
nority, rural, urban and other populations who 
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suffer disparate rates of poverty, among Fed-
eral agencies; and 
(B) services and benefits including emer-
gency programs, discretionary economic pro-
grams, and other policies and activities nec-
essary to ensure that the Federal Government 
is able to mount effective responses to economic 
downturns and increases in the rates of poverty; 
(3) ensure that all relevant Federal agencies 
comply with appropriate guidelines, policies, and di-
rectives from the Federal Interagency Working 
Group on Reducing Poverty and the Department of 
Health and Human Services and other Federal 
agencies with responsibilities relating to poverty re-
duction or improving economic stability and inde-
pendence; 
(4) ensure that Federal agencies, State govern-
ments and relevant congressional committees have 
access to, receive, and appropriately disseminate best 
practices in the administration of programs, have 
adequate resources to maximize the public awareness 
of programs, increase the reach of those programs, 
especially into historically disenfranchised commu-
nities, maximize enrollment for all eligible Ameri-
cans, share relevant data, and issue relevant guid-
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ance in consultation with non-government organiza-
tions and policy experts in the field and State and 
local government officials who administer or direct 
policy for anti-poverty programs in increasing and 
maximizing the enrollment into and administration 
of programs and services designed to alleviate pov-
erty; 
(5) enact best practices for improved data col-
lection, relevant to— 
(A) reducing poverty; 
(B) reducing the racial, ethnic, age, gen-
der, and sexual orientation or sexual identity 
based disparities in the rates of poverty; 
(C) adequately measuring the effectiveness, 
efficiency and impact of programs on the out-
comes for individuals, families and communities 
who receive benefits and services; 
(D) streamlining enrollment and eligibility 
for programs; 
(E) improving long-term outcomes for indi-
viduals who are enrolled in service and benefit 
programs; 
(F) reducing reliance on public programs; 
(G) improving connections to work; 
(H) improving economic stability; 
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