Tobacco Settlement Revenue - Investments in Youth
Audio Conference Series

The Finance Project hosts a series of audio conferences for youth development program leaders, intermediaries, and policymakers to share a broad array of ideas, strategies and practices on how MSA funds can support the health development of youth. Background materials from past audio conference events can be found below.

May 5, 2008, 2:00-3:00pm (EST): Increases to Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) Payments - New Funding Opportunities for Youth Initiatives

Registration is now closed.

Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments are currently funding a range of health, education, prevention, or other initiatives serving young people. The arrival of nearly $1 billion of additional MSA payments in 2008, available through a new stream of MSA funding known as the Strategic Contribution Fund (SCF), creates an immediate opportunity for program leaders, intermediaries, and policymakers to explore options for accessing these funds to support youth initiatives. These additional SCF payments, totaling nearly $1 billion each year, will be distributed across the states from 2008-2017. This purpose of this audio conference is to:

• Announce the Tobacco Settlement Revenue project and its upcoming products and activities;
• Provide a historical overview of the MSA, highlighting the new Strategic Contribution Fund (SCF) payments; and
• Review the initial findings from our first publication, Tobacco Settlement Revenue - Recent State Actions and Opportunities for Youth Programs (April 2008).

Speakers:

• Peter Levin, Chief Counsel and Director, Tobacco Project, National Association of Attorneys General
• Alan Greenblatt, Staff Writer, Governing and Governing.com
• Amanda Szekely, Senior Program Associate, The Finance Project
• Torey Silloway, Senior Program Associate, The Finance Project

Audio Conference Materials:

• Agenda
• Speaker Biographies
• Evaluation
• Event Recording
• Transcript

Available Resources:

Silloway, Torey and Szekely, Amanda, Tobacco Settlement Revenue - Recent State Actions and Opportunities for Youth Programs (April 2008).

Tobacco Settlement Revenue State Profile Database

For more information on the Tobacco Settlement Revenue - Investments in Youth audio conference series, please contact Cema Siegel at csiegel@financeproject.org.