Public Policy Dialogue

James Godsil, Co-Founder of  Sweet Water Organics and the Sweet Water Organics Foundation, recently discussed ideas about incorporating micro-loans into Urban Agricultural activities. Following is content he posted on the COMFOOD List:
 
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On November 24th, Carol E. Wayman, CFED's Federal Policy Director wrote an inspiring and informative letter to Mark Greenberg, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services. In the letter, Wayman's advocates for more support for asset development programs for low-income people and specifically sites the success of ORR's Refugee Microenterprise and Individual Development Account programs. ISED congratulates CFED and Carol Wayman for their leadership on behalf of asset development programming.

ISED invites you to join a public policy dialgoue on Reforming the US Refugee Program.  As many of you know, the National Security Council is reviewing the program and will recommend changes based on layers of research and the opinions and experiences of stakeholders. ISED program staff have developed a paper with recommendations based on our more than 315 days in the field over the last 18 months.  Join the dialgoue by reading the paper.  Go to Publications - Public Policy Dialogue and read the document (or follow the link) then post your comments and your own recommend