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TANF, EITC AND WELFARE RESOURCES
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Nearly 13 million children in the United States — 18% of all children — live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level — $20,650 a year for a family of four. Research shows that, on average, families need an income of about twice that level to cover basic expenses. Using this standard, 39% of children live in low-income families
Kids Count Data Center
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The nonprofit foundation's Kids Count Data Center is an outgrowth of the child well-being report released by the foundation each summer. It contains national, state- and city-level data for over 100 measures of child well-being, including health.
Office of Family Assistance
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
OFA oversees the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that was created by the Welfare Reform Law of 1996. Its Web site provides a summary of selected characteristics of state TANF plans, links to state human services administrators and other TANF data.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
OFA oversees the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that was created by the Welfare Reform Law of 1996. Its Web site provides a summary of selected characteristics of state TANF plans, links to state human services administrators and other TANF data.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
CBPP conducts research and analysis to inform debates on fiscal policy and to help ensure that the needs of low-income families and individuals are considered.
Administration on Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Find statistics, publications and other data on all ACF programs including child care, child support, child welfare (including neglect/abuse and foster care), Head Start, refugees and welfare.
“Understanding the Poor: The new Census Bureau poverty figures,” 2010
Urban Institute
The Census Bureau’s “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States” report, released in September 2010, shows 1 in 7 Americans lived in poverty in 2009. Researchers study poverty’s demographics to understand who is poor, size up the poverty gap, and examine poverty trends and dynamics. Reports on childhood poverty and poverty at the state level are included in this series.
Urban Institute
The Census Bureau’s “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States” report, released in September 2010, shows 1 in 7 Americans lived in poverty in 2009. Researchers study poverty’s demographics to understand who is poor, size up the poverty gap, and examine poverty trends and dynamics. Reports on childhood poverty and poverty at the state level are included in this series.
Welfare, Children & Families: A Three-City Study
Johns Hopkins University
http://web.jhu.edu/threecitystudy
Johns Hopkins University
http://web.jhu.edu/threecitystudy
The intensive study assesses the well-being of low-income children and families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio after welfare reform. Begun in 1999, the study includes longitudinal surveys and developmental and ethnographic studies. The study’s principal investigator is Andrew Cherlin, sociologist and professor of public policy at Johns Hopkins University. Contact: 410.516.2361; welfare@jhu.edu
"Combating Poverty: Emerging Strategies From the Nation's Cities," 2007
National League of Cities
http://www.nlc.org/ASSETS/492F291196434AA590778DC436167
National League of Cities
http://www.nlc.org/ASSETS/492F291196434AA590778DC436167
The NLC's Council on Youth, Education and Families report looks at anti-poverty strategies in 11 cities: Athens, Ga.; Baton Rouge, Columbus, Ga.; Dayton, Ohio, Greenville, S.c., Itta Bena, Miss.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Miami; New York; San Francisco; and Savannah.
"Rural America at a Glance"
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.ers.usda.gov/emphases/rural/ataglance.htm
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.ers.usda.gov/emphases/rural/ataglance.htm
“Rural America At A Glance” is a series of brochures that highlight the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. Focuses include the labor market, housing, population, unemployment, industry, race, education, economy, income and poverty trends in rural areas.
“New Housing, Income Inequality, and Distressed Metropolitan Areas,” September 2007
The Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2007/09newhousing_wats
The Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2007/09newhousing_wats
The Metropolitan Policy Program released this report on new housing and income inequality in distressed neighborhoods.
J. Lawrence Aber Ph.D., Professor of Applied Psychology
Steinhardt School of Education
New York University
Steinhardt School of Education
New York University
New York, NY 10053
212.998.5410; la39@nyu.edu
Aber is a professor of applied psychology and public policy, and he's also board chair of New York University's Institute for Human Development and Social Change. He previously taught at Barnard College, Columbia University and at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, where he directed the National Center for Children in Poverty. Aber's basic research examines the influence of poverty and violence, at the family and community levels, on the social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive and academic development of children and youth. An internationally recognized expert in child development and social policy, Aber has written extensively about issues. His most recent book is "Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action" (2007, APA Publications).
212.998.5410; la39@nyu.edu
Aber is a professor of applied psychology and public policy, and he's also board chair of New York University's Institute for Human Development and Social Change. He previously taught at Barnard College, Columbia University and at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, where he directed the National Center for Children in Poverty. Aber's basic research examines the influence of poverty and violence, at the family and community levels, on the social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive and academic development of children and youth. An internationally recognized expert in child development and social policy, Aber has written extensively about issues. His most recent book is "Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action" (2007, APA Publications).
Eloise Anderson, Director
Program for the American Family
2716 13th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
916.446.7924; eloisea@msn.com
Anderson was previously director of social services for Wisconsin and California. While directing California's welfare system, the nation's largest, Anderson led the way in crafting California's new welfare reform program, CalWORKs. As part of The Claremont Institute's contribution to the debate on California's Proposition 22, Anderson co-authored the booklet "Will Any Two Parents Do? The Essential Roles of Mothers and Fathers in the Raising of Children." She has written and presented papers on faith-based social services, marriage policy, child welfare, TANF and various issues in welfare reform. Anderson has a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Anderson was previously director of social services for Wisconsin and California. While directing California's welfare system, the nation's largest, Anderson led the way in crafting California's new welfare reform program, CalWORKs. As part of The Claremont Institute's contribution to the debate on California's Proposition 22, Anderson co-authored the booklet "Will Any Two Parents Do? The Essential Roles of Mothers and Fathers in the Raising of Children." She has written and presented papers on faith-based social services, marriage policy, child welfare, TANF and various issues in welfare reform. Anderson has a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Morris Ardoin , Director External Affairs
National Center for Children in Poverty
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
215 W. 125th St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
646.284.9616; ardoin@nccp.org
A division of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the nonpartisan research organization promotes the economic security, health and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. It pushes family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels, producing reports and fact sheets that highlight strategies to end child poverty. The site has a basic-needs budget calculator, plus demographics and policy tools to create custom tables of national- and state-level statistics about low-income or poor children. In October, it published two reports: “Who Are America’s Poor Children” and “Basic Facts About Low-Income Children.” Founded in 1989 at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the nonprofit research center promotes the economic security, health and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. It pushes family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels, producing reports and fact sheets that highlight strategies to end child poverty. (See its fact sheet, “Basic Facts About Low-Income Children in the United States,")
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
215 W. 125th St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
646.284.9616; ardoin@nccp.org
A division of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the nonpartisan research organization promotes the economic security, health and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. It pushes family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels, producing reports and fact sheets that highlight strategies to end child poverty. The site has a basic-needs budget calculator, plus demographics and policy tools to create custom tables of national- and state-level statistics about low-income or poor children. In October, it published two reports: “Who Are America’s Poor Children” and “Basic Facts About Low-Income Children.” Founded in 1989 at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the nonprofit research center promotes the economic security, health and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. It pushes family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels, producing reports and fact sheets that highlight strategies to end child poverty. (See its fact sheet, “Basic Facts About Low-Income Children in the United States,")
Mary Jo Bane, Professor of Public Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.496.9703; mary_jo_bane@harvard.edu
Bane was Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She also was Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services. She is the author of a number of books and articles on poverty, welfare, and families. She is currently doing research on the role of churches in poverty and welfare issues.
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.496.9703; mary_jo_bane@harvard.edu
Bane was Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She also was Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services. She is the author of a number of books and articles on poverty, welfare, and families. She is currently doing research on the role of churches in poverty and welfare issues.
Douglas Besharov, Program Director and Professor
School of Public Policy
School of Public Policy
University of Maryland
4131Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
301.405.6341; besharov@umd.edu
Besharov is a professor in UMD's School of Public Policy and a senior scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He's also a lawyer. Besharov runs UMD's Welfare Academy, which helps state and local officials, private social service providers and others reshape programs in keeping with the 1996 welfare reform law. It has provided training in program design, implementation and evaluation for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, food stamps, job training, child care and more. Besharov served as founding director of the U.S. National Center on Child Abuse from 1975 to 1979. He's the author of "Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned" and 14 other books, including "The Vulnerable Social Worker: Liability for Serving Children and Families."
4131Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
301.405.6341; besharov@umd.edu
Besharov is a professor in UMD's School of Public Policy and a senior scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He's also a lawyer. Besharov runs UMD's Welfare Academy, which helps state and local officials, private social service providers and others reshape programs in keeping with the 1996 welfare reform law. It has provided training in program design, implementation and evaluation for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, food stamps, job training, child care and more. Besharov served as founding director of the U.S. National Center on Child Abuse from 1975 to 1979. He's the author of "Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned" and 14 other books, including "The Vulnerable Social Worker: Liability for Serving Children and Families."
Dan Bloom, Director
Health and Barriers to Employment Policy Area
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
16 East 34th St.
New York, NY 10016
212.340.8611; dan_bloom@mdrc.org
Since joining MDRC in 1988, Bloom has directed three large-scale evaluations of state welfare reform waiver projects, and he is currently helping to manage both the multisite Employment Retention and Advancement evaluation and the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ project. He has written more than 20 research reports, as well as a book — After AFDC: Welfare-to-Work Choices and Challenges for States, summarizing lessons learned from studies of welfare-to-work programs — and a synthesis of research, How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Employment and Income.
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
16 East 34th St.
New York, NY 10016
212.340.8611; dan_bloom@mdrc.org
Since joining MDRC in 1988, Bloom has directed three large-scale evaluations of state welfare reform waiver projects, and he is currently helping to manage both the multisite Employment Retention and Advancement evaluation and the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ project. He has written more than 20 research reports, as well as a book — After AFDC: Welfare-to-Work Choices and Challenges for States, summarizing lessons learned from studies of welfare-to-work programs — and a synthesis of research, How Welfare and Work Policies Affect Employment and Income.
Barbara Blum, Director
Research Forum on Children Families
National Center for Children in Poverty
Columbia University
154 Haven Ave.
New York, NY 10032
212.304.7132 or 212.304.7; bbb10@columbia.edu
Blum is the director of the Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism, whose mission is to help develop rigorous, policy relevant research about the effects of the new federalism on poor and vulnerable populations.
Randy Capps Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst
Immigration Studies
Migration Policy Institute
1400 16th St. NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
202.266.1938; rcapps@migrationpolicy.org
National Center for Children in Poverty
Columbia University
154 Haven Ave.
New York, NY 10032
212.304.7132 or 212.304.7; bbb10@columbia.edu
Blum is the director of the Research Forum on Children, Families, and the New Federalism, whose mission is to help develop rigorous, policy relevant research about the effects of the new federalism on poor and vulnerable populations.
Randy Capps Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst
Immigration Studies
Migration Policy Institute
1400 16th St. NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
202.266.1938; rcapps@migrationpolicy.org
Capps researches welfare and immigration policy. Formerly an analyst at the Urban Institute, his recent report, “The Health and Well-Being of Young Children of Immigrants,” centered on the 5.1 million children of immigrants under age 6 in the U.S. and their access to TANF, food stamps, center-based child care and schooling. Other areas of study include illegal immigration, the application and eligibility determination process for immigrants, and the role of immigrants in the No Child Left Behind Act.
David Card Ph.D., Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
549 Evans Hall #3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
510.642.5222; card@econ.berkeley.edu
Cards' research focuses on economics, education and immigration, such as labor market competition between immigrants and natives and inequalities between the earnings of blacks and whites. Card has published widely on issues regarding welfare reform; the effects of Medicaid programs; pension and retirement; labor supply; school financing and the distribution of education resources; wage structure; unions and strikes; and unemployment.
David Card Ph.D., Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
549 Evans Hall #3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
510.642.5222; card@econ.berkeley.edu
Cards' research focuses on economics, education and immigration, such as labor market competition between immigrants and natives and inequalities between the earnings of blacks and whites. Card has published widely on issues regarding welfare reform; the effects of Medicaid programs; pension and retirement; labor supply; school financing and the distribution of education resources; wage structure; unions and strikes; and unemployment.
Rosemary Chalk, Director
Board on Children, Youth and Families
The National Academies
500 Fifth St. N.W., 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
202.334.1935; rchalk@nas.edu
Created by the National Academies in 1993, the nonpartisan board addresses policy-relevant issues involving the health and development of children, youth and families and convenes experts to analyze and evaluate research.
Board on Children, Youth and Families
The National Academies
500 Fifth St. N.W., 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
202.334.1935; rchalk@nas.edu
Created by the National Academies in 1993, the nonpartisan board addresses policy-relevant issues involving the health and development of children, youth and families and convenes experts to analyze and evaluate research.
Andrew Cherlin Ph.D., Griswold Professor of Public Policy
Department of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University
Mergenthaler Hall/3400 Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21218
410.516.2370; cherlin@jhu.edu
Cherlin's research focus is the sociology of the family and public policy, particularly in the area of divorce and remarriage. He is the principal investigator of an ongoing study of the consequences of a 1996 welfare reform law for parents and children. The intensive study assesses the well-being of low-income children and families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio after welfare reform.
Department of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University
Mergenthaler Hall/3400 Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21218
410.516.2370; cherlin@jhu.edu
Cherlin's research focus is the sociology of the family and public policy, particularly in the area of divorce and remarriage. He is the principal investigator of an ongoing study of the consequences of a 1996 welfare reform law for parents and children. The intensive study assesses the well-being of low-income children and families in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio after welfare reform.
Amy Cox Ph.D., Social Scientist
Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy
RAND Corporation
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
310.393.0411, Ext. 6718; cox@rand.org
Cox's research focuses on the relationships among social inequalities, labor markets/social systems, and demographic phenomena such as economic well being, welfare use and family processes. Cox's other ongoing research includes studies of racial-ethnic differences in social support and exchange among family members, the relationship between declines in childbearing and declines in welfare participation.
Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy
RAND Corporation
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
310.393.0411, Ext. 6718; cox@rand.org
Cox's research focuses on the relationships among social inequalities, labor markets/social systems, and demographic phenomena such as economic well being, welfare use and family processes. Cox's other ongoing research includes studies of racial-ethnic differences in social support and exchange among family members, the relationship between declines in childbearing and declines in welfare participation.
Greg Duncan Ph.D., Professor of Education
Department of Education
University of California, Irvine
Berkeley Place 2062
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
949.824.783; gduncan@uci.edu
Duncan is an expert on family and neighborhood poverty and child development. He formerly worked at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Dunca's research focuses on the effects of poverty on families and neighborhoods, and the intergenerational consequences of welfare use. He has investigated the concentration of persistent poverty among certain population subgroups, in particular African-Americans. Duncan and colleagues also have examined the life consequences for adolescents in families that receive at least partial income from welfare. He has written extensively about income distribution, child poverty and welfare dependence and is the co-author or co-editor of several books. A former principal investigator of the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Duncan was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. He was elected president of the Population Association of America for 2008 and president of the Society for Research in Child Development for 2009-2011.
Kathryn Edin Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy and Management
Kennedy School
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 19104
617.495.2067; kathy_edin@ksg.harvard.edu
Edin's research focuses on urban poverty and family life, social welfare, public housing, child support and nonmarital childbearing. Her most recent publication (with Paula England), Unmarried Couples with Children, is an analysis of a four-year study of 50 unmarried couples who shared a birth in 2000. Previous publications include the results of a six-year ethnographic study in eight Philadelphia neighborhoods, Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage (with Maria J. Kefalas), and Making Ends Meet: How Low Income Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low Wage Work (with Laura Lein). Her next book is tentatively titled Marginal Men: Fatherhood in the Lives of Low Income Unmarried Men (with Timothy Nelson and Laura Lein). Current projects include a study nested within the interim evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity Experiment, an evaluation of the Gautreaux Two housing mobility program in Chicago, and Investing in Enduring Resources with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a study of EITC allocation among low-income households in Boston and Central Illinois.
Timothy A. Hacsi, Lecturer
History Department
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack 04,626
Boston, MA 02125
617.287.6430; tim.hacsi@umb.edu
Areas of expertise: Social History in 19th and 20th Century United States, particularly poverty, immigration, urbanization, education, and the Cold War. Also very interested in the history of government and private policy regarding education, welfare, charity, and families.
Department of Education
University of California, Irvine
Berkeley Place 2062
Irvine, CA 92697-5500
949.824.783; gduncan@uci.edu
Duncan is an expert on family and neighborhood poverty and child development. He formerly worked at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Dunca's research focuses on the effects of poverty on families and neighborhoods, and the intergenerational consequences of welfare use. He has investigated the concentration of persistent poverty among certain population subgroups, in particular African-Americans. Duncan and colleagues also have examined the life consequences for adolescents in families that receive at least partial income from welfare. He has written extensively about income distribution, child poverty and welfare dependence and is the co-author or co-editor of several books. A former principal investigator of the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Duncan was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001. He was elected president of the Population Association of America for 2008 and president of the Society for Research in Child Development for 2009-2011.
Kathryn Edin Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy and Management
Kennedy School
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 19104
617.495.2067; kathy_edin@ksg.harvard.edu
Edin's research focuses on urban poverty and family life, social welfare, public housing, child support and nonmarital childbearing. Her most recent publication (with Paula England), Unmarried Couples with Children, is an analysis of a four-year study of 50 unmarried couples who shared a birth in 2000. Previous publications include the results of a six-year ethnographic study in eight Philadelphia neighborhoods, Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage (with Maria J. Kefalas), and Making Ends Meet: How Low Income Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low Wage Work (with Laura Lein). Her next book is tentatively titled Marginal Men: Fatherhood in the Lives of Low Income Unmarried Men (with Timothy Nelson and Laura Lein). Current projects include a study nested within the interim evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity Experiment, an evaluation of the Gautreaux Two housing mobility program in Chicago, and Investing in Enduring Resources with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a study of EITC allocation among low-income households in Boston and Central Illinois.
Timothy A. Hacsi, Lecturer
History Department
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack 04,626
Boston, MA 02125
617.287.6430; tim.hacsi@umb.edu
Areas of expertise: Social History in 19th and 20th Century United States, particularly poverty, immigration, urbanization, education, and the Cold War. Also very interested in the history of government and private policy regarding education, welfare, charity, and families.
Donald Hernandez Ph.D., Professor
Department of Sociology
SUNY at Albany
1400 Washington Ave.
321 Arts and Sciences
Albany, NY 12222
518.442.4668; donh@albany.edu
Hernandez’s research focuses on historical and contemporary changes in the social, demographic and economic circumstances of children in the United States. He conducted the first national study to use children as the unit of analysis in order to document the timing, magnitude and reasons for revolutionary changes experienced by children since the Great Depression. Hernandez formerly served as special assistant at the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and between 1996 and 1998 as study director for the Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families with the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine. He is author of "America’s Children: Resources from Family, Government, and the Economy" (Russell Sage Foundation, 1993). He served as senior subject matter expert for the Survey of Program Dynamics, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census to assess the effects of welfare reform, particularly on children. He was chief of Marriage and Family Statistics Division at the U.S. Bureau of the Census, where he introduced innovations in national data collection, analysis, and reporting on children, families and household change.
Brenda Jones Harden Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development
University of Maryland
3304 Benjamin Bldg
College Park, MD 20740
301.405.2580; bjharden@umd.edu
Brenda Jones Harden is an associate professor in the University of Maryland’s Institute for Child Study/Department of Human Development. She also directs Advocates for Children, one of the College Park Scholars’ 12 special living-learning programs for academically talented first- and second-year students. Trained as a social worker and psychologist, Jones Harden has devoted her career to practice and research relevant to children at environmental risk. Much of her work has centered on those in the child welfare system, children exposed to violence and children prenatally exposed to drugs. She has developed and evaluated interventions, including a Head Start violence prevention initiative and an Early Head Start infant mental health initiative. Jones Harden is particularly interested in the evaluation of home visiting and early intervention programs, and in using research to inform policy and practice. Her four federal research grants include the current Early Head Start initiative and another on preschool children in foster care. She has contributed to numerous scholarly journals and is the author of “Infants in the Child Welfare System” (Zero to Three, forthcoming) and co-author of “Beyond Common Sense: Child Welfare, Child Well-Being and the Evidence for Policy Reform” (Transaction, 2005). In 2000-2001, Jones Harden had a Society for Research in Child Development fellowship with the federal Administration for Children, Youth and Families. She earned a master’s degree in social work at New York University and a Ph.D. in developmental-clinical psychology at Yale University. While at Yale, she studied child development and social policy as a Bush Fellow.
Ariel Kalil Ph.D., Director, Professor
Center for Human Potential and Public Policy
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
University of Chicago
1155 E. 60th St.
Suite 110
Chicago, IL 60637
773.834.2090; a-kalil@uchicago.edu
Kalil, a developmental psychologist, studies how economic conditions affect child and family functioning. Her projects have examined how transitions from welfare to work affect mothers and children, barriers to employment for welfare recipients, and family process and child development in female-headed, teenage-parent and cohabiting-couple households. She has had a William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Award and is in the Foundation for Child Development's Changing Faces of America's Children Young Scholars Program.
Lynn Karoly Ph.D.
Senior Economist
Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy
RAND Corporation
1200 South Hayes St.
Arlington, VA 22202
703.413.1100, Ext. 5359; lynn_karoly@rand.org
Department of Sociology
SUNY at Albany
1400 Washington Ave.
321 Arts and Sciences
Albany, NY 12222
518.442.4668; donh@albany.edu
Hernandez’s research focuses on historical and contemporary changes in the social, demographic and economic circumstances of children in the United States. He conducted the first national study to use children as the unit of analysis in order to document the timing, magnitude and reasons for revolutionary changes experienced by children since the Great Depression. Hernandez formerly served as special assistant at the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and between 1996 and 1998 as study director for the Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families with the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine. He is author of "America’s Children: Resources from Family, Government, and the Economy" (Russell Sage Foundation, 1993). He served as senior subject matter expert for the Survey of Program Dynamics, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census to assess the effects of welfare reform, particularly on children. He was chief of Marriage and Family Statistics Division at the U.S. Bureau of the Census, where he introduced innovations in national data collection, analysis, and reporting on children, families and household change.
Brenda Jones Harden Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development
University of Maryland
3304 Benjamin Bldg
College Park, MD 20740
301.405.2580; bjharden@umd.edu
Brenda Jones Harden is an associate professor in the University of Maryland’s Institute for Child Study/Department of Human Development. She also directs Advocates for Children, one of the College Park Scholars’ 12 special living-learning programs for academically talented first- and second-year students. Trained as a social worker and psychologist, Jones Harden has devoted her career to practice and research relevant to children at environmental risk. Much of her work has centered on those in the child welfare system, children exposed to violence and children prenatally exposed to drugs. She has developed and evaluated interventions, including a Head Start violence prevention initiative and an Early Head Start infant mental health initiative. Jones Harden is particularly interested in the evaluation of home visiting and early intervention programs, and in using research to inform policy and practice. Her four federal research grants include the current Early Head Start initiative and another on preschool children in foster care. She has contributed to numerous scholarly journals and is the author of “Infants in the Child Welfare System” (Zero to Three, forthcoming) and co-author of “Beyond Common Sense: Child Welfare, Child Well-Being and the Evidence for Policy Reform” (Transaction, 2005). In 2000-2001, Jones Harden had a Society for Research in Child Development fellowship with the federal Administration for Children, Youth and Families. She earned a master’s degree in social work at New York University and a Ph.D. in developmental-clinical psychology at Yale University. While at Yale, she studied child development and social policy as a Bush Fellow.
Ariel Kalil Ph.D., Director, Professor
Center for Human Potential and Public Policy
Harris School of Public Policy Studies
University of Chicago
1155 E. 60th St.
Suite 110
Chicago, IL 60637
773.834.2090; a-kalil@uchicago.edu
Kalil, a developmental psychologist, studies how economic conditions affect child and family functioning. Her projects have examined how transitions from welfare to work affect mothers and children, barriers to employment for welfare recipients, and family process and child development in female-headed, teenage-parent and cohabiting-couple households. She has had a William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Award and is in the Foundation for Child Development's Changing Faces of America's Children Young Scholars Program.
Lynn Karoly Ph.D.
Senior Economist
Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy
RAND Corporation
1200 South Hayes St.
Arlington, VA 22202
703.413.1100, Ext. 5359; lynn_karoly@rand.org
Karoly's research has focused on early childhood investments, social welfare policy and U.S. labor markets. She has investigated the costs and benefits of early childhood intervention programs. And other recent research includes: the impact of welfare reform on child and family well-being, and the implications of demographic trends, technological change and globalization for the future U.S. workforce and workplace.
Maria Kefalas Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
St. Joseph's University
College of Arts and Sciences
5600 City Ave., 139 Post Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19131
610.660.2618; mkefalas@sju.edu
Kefalas researches urban and community life, motherhood, marriage and the sociology of culture. Her book with Kathryn Edin, "Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage" (University of California Press, 2005), is an ethnographic study of mother-headed families in poor communities. She also wrote "Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood" (University of California Press, 2003) examines life in a working- and lower-middle -class white Chicago neighborhood. Kefalas also serves as Principal Investigator with ethnographer and criminologist Patrick Carr on the Heartland Study, focused on 120 young people who attended the local high school in rural, northeast Iowa in the 1990s.
Department of Sociology
St. Joseph's University
College of Arts and Sciences
5600 City Ave., 139 Post Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19131
610.660.2618; mkefalas@sju.edu
Kefalas researches urban and community life, motherhood, marriage and the sociology of culture. Her book with Kathryn Edin, "Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage" (University of California Press, 2005), is an ethnographic study of mother-headed families in poor communities. She also wrote "Working-Class Heroes: Protecting Home, Community, and Nation in a Chicago Neighborhood" (University of California Press, 2003) examines life in a working- and lower-middle -class white Chicago neighborhood. Kefalas also serves as Principal Investigator with ethnographer and criminologist Patrick Carr on the Heartland Study, focused on 120 young people who attended the local high school in rural, northeast Iowa in the 1990s.
Susan Kellam, Senior Communications Adviser
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.797.6310; skellam@brookings.edu
Kellam promotes Brookings, a think tank supporting a wide scope of research. Its Center on Children and Families examines policies affecting the well-being of U.S. children and their parents, especially children in less advantaged families. Directed by Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, it co-publishes the twice-yearly journal Future of Children.
Jacob Klerman, Economist
RAND Corporation
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
310.393.0411, Ext. 6289; jacob_klerman@rand.org
Klerman led the official evaluation of welfare reform in California. His other research interests include: the determinants of recruiting into the armed forces, women's work behavior and fertility.
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.797.6310; skellam@brookings.edu
Kellam promotes Brookings, a think tank supporting a wide scope of research. Its Center on Children and Families examines policies affecting the well-being of U.S. children and their parents, especially children in less advantaged families. Directed by Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, it co-publishes the twice-yearly journal Future of Children.
Jacob Klerman, Economist
RAND Corporation
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
310.393.0411, Ext. 6289; jacob_klerman@rand.org
Klerman led the official evaluation of welfare reform in California. His other research interests include: the determinants of recruiting into the armed forces, women's work behavior and fertility.
Virginia Knox, Director
Family Well-being and Child Development Policy Area
MDRC
16 East 34 Street
19th Floor
New York , NY 10016-4326
212.532.3200; virginia_knox@mdrc.org
Knox brings 20 years’ experience to the study and evaluation of social programs, with special expertise in how supports for low-income workers — particularly child support and financial incentives — affect families and children. She currently directs the Supporting Healthy Marriage project, a federally funded evaluation of interventions aimed at improving child well-being by strengthening the relationships of married couples. She also oversees the Next Generation project, a multidisciplinary initiative to study welfare reform programs' impacts on the well-being of children and families. Knox has direct knowledge of welfare systems, having been special assistant to the executive deputy commissioner for income maintenance in New York City’s Human Resources Administration, where her responsibilities included estimating the cost of welfare reform programs. The author of numerous reports and papers, Knox has a doctorate in public policy from Harvard University.
Family Well-being and Child Development Policy Area
MDRC
16 East 34 Street
19th Floor
New York , NY 10016-4326
212.532.3200; virginia_knox@mdrc.org
Knox brings 20 years’ experience to the study and evaluation of social programs, with special expertise in how supports for low-income workers — particularly child support and financial incentives — affect families and children. She currently directs the Supporting Healthy Marriage project, a federally funded evaluation of interventions aimed at improving child well-being by strengthening the relationships of married couples. She also oversees the Next Generation project, a multidisciplinary initiative to study welfare reform programs' impacts on the well-being of children and families. Knox has direct knowledge of welfare systems, having been special assistant to the executive deputy commissioner for income maintenance in New York City’s Human Resources Administration, where her responsibilities included estimating the cost of welfare reform programs. The author of numerous reports and papers, Knox has a doctorate in public policy from Harvard University.
Anirudh Krishna Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Public Policy
Duke University
212 Sanford Institute
Box 90245
Durham, NC 27708
919.613.7337; ak30@duke.edu
Assistant Professor
Public Policy
Duke University
212 Sanford Institute
Box 90245
Durham, NC 27708
919.613.7337; ak30@duke.edu
Krishna’s studies focus on democracy, community development (especially rural), political participation, social capital and poverty reduction. Most recently, Krishna has been working on poverty and democracy at the micro level. He has headed the International Poverty Study and has conducted field research on this subject in India, Kenya, Peru and Uganda.
John Landsverk Ph.D., Professor and Director
Child & Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC)
San Diego State University School of Social Work
3020 Children's Way, MC 5033
San Diego, CA 92123
858.966.7703, Ext. 3755; jlandsverk@casrc.org
Landsverk directs the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center at Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and is senior scholar at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. He has received numerous grants from the NIMH and other federal agencies to conduct research on the mental health care for children and adolescents involved with child welfare, including the Child and Adolescent Interdisciplinary Research Network. He just completed the NIMH-funded study, Caring for Children in Child Welfare, that examined the use of mental health and developmental services for children involved in the national child welfare study, the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. He is a co-author of “Beyond Common Sense: Children Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform” (Aldine Transaction, 2005).
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Deputy Director
Center for Law & Social Policy
1616 P St. NW, Suite.150
Washington, DC 20036
202.328.5174; jodie@clasp.org
Child & Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC)
San Diego State University School of Social Work
3020 Children's Way, MC 5033
San Diego, CA 92123
858.966.7703, Ext. 3755; jlandsverk@casrc.org
Landsverk directs the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center at Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and is senior scholar at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. He has received numerous grants from the NIMH and other federal agencies to conduct research on the mental health care for children and adolescents involved with child welfare, including the Child and Adolescent Interdisciplinary Research Network. He just completed the NIMH-funded study, Caring for Children in Child Welfare, that examined the use of mental health and developmental services for children involved in the national child welfare study, the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. He is a co-author of “Beyond Common Sense: Children Welfare, Child Well-Being, and the Evidence for Policy Reform” (Aldine Transaction, 2005).
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Deputy Director
Center for Law & Social Policy
1616 P St. NW, Suite.150
Washington, DC 20036
202.328.5174; jodie@clasp.org
The Center for Law and Social Policy is a public interest law firm seeking to improve economic conditions of low-income families with children. Levin-Epstein focuses on welfare initiatives and provides technical assistance to policy makers and agency staff. The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity initiative, launched in October 2007, aims to focus attention on the poor during the 2008 presidential campaign. It features a growing cache of data, analyses and reports. Its advisory council includes: Rebecca Blank, director of the University of Michigan’s National Poverty Center; Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone; Ron Haskins, co-director of the Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families; and William S. Cohen, former secretary of defense. Initial support comes from the Annie E. Casey and Eos foundations.
Phillip Levine, Professor
Wellesley College
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
781.283.2162; plevine@wellesley.edu
Levine’s research has largely been devoted to empirical examinations of the impact of government programs and social legislation on individual and business behavior. Topics include the impact of imperfect experience rating in the unemployment insurance system on firms’ layoff behavior, whether welfare recipients move between states because of differences in welfare generosity, and the impact of abortion policy changes on pregnancy, abortion and birth. This last topic is addressed in Levine’s book, Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy, and the Economics of Fertility (Princeton University Press, 2004), which asks whether individuals change their behavior when abortion access increases.
Wellesley College
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
781.283.2162; plevine@wellesley.edu
Levine’s research has largely been devoted to empirical examinations of the impact of government programs and social legislation on individual and business behavior. Topics include the impact of imperfect experience rating in the unemployment insurance system on firms’ layoff behavior, whether welfare recipients move between states because of differences in welfare generosity, and the impact of abortion policy changes on pregnancy, abortion and birth. This last topic is addressed in Levine’s book, Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy, and the Economics of Fertility (Princeton University Press, 2004), which asks whether individuals change their behavior when abortion access increases.
Jennifer Manlove Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate and Director
DataBank, Fertility and Family Structure Content Area
Child Trends
4301 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 100
Washington, DC 20006
202.362.5580; jmanlove@childtrends.org
Manlove has worked on research projects examining teenage sexuality, pregnancy and childbearing. Her current research assesses demographic trends in sexual activity, contraceptive use and childbearing among American teens and young adults. Dr. Manlove has also been involved in several projects that assess the potential effects of community context, including welfare policies, on teenage and nonmarital childbearing in the U.S.
Rebecca Maynard Ph.D., Professor
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
3700 Walnut Street Room 409
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.898.3558; rmaynard@gse.upenn.edu
Maynard has directed many large-scale social experiments and policy analyses on issues related to welfare policy, employment and training policy, services for teenage parents, teenage pregnancy prevention, and child care policy. She is director of an ongoing federally funded evaulation of abstinence programs.
Senior Research Associate and Director
DataBank, Fertility and Family Structure Content Area
Child Trends
4301 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 100
Washington, DC 20006
202.362.5580; jmanlove@childtrends.org
Manlove has worked on research projects examining teenage sexuality, pregnancy and childbearing. Her current research assesses demographic trends in sexual activity, contraceptive use and childbearing among American teens and young adults. Dr. Manlove has also been involved in several projects that assess the potential effects of community context, including welfare policies, on teenage and nonmarital childbearing in the U.S.
Rebecca Maynard Ph.D., Professor
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
3700 Walnut Street Room 409
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.898.3558; rmaynard@gse.upenn.edu
Maynard has directed many large-scale social experiments and policy analyses on issues related to welfare policy, employment and training policy, services for teenage parents, teenage pregnancy prevention, and child care policy. She is director of an ongoing federally funded evaulation of abstinence programs.
Sara McLanahan Ph.D., Director and Professor
Center for Research on Child Well-being (CRCW)
Princeton University
265 Wallace Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
609.258.5894; mclanaha@princeton.edu
CRCW researchers have studied the relationship between earnings, socioeconomic status and child health status, and the effects of child health on parents’ relationship status and ability to work. McLanahan is an expert on single parent families. Her research interests include family demography, poverty and inequality, and social policy.
Ronald Mincy Ph.D., Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice, Director
The Center for Research on Fathers, Children and Family Well-being
School of Social Work
Columbia University
Columbia University School of Social Work
1255 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
212.851.2406; rm905@columbia.edu
Mincy teaches and directs the School of Social Work's Center for Research on Fathers, Children and Family Well-being. He studies the effects of welfare, child support, family support, housing, and employment and training policies and practices on family formation and father involvement. Before joining Columbia's faculty in 2001, Mincy was a Ford Foundation senior program officer, working on such issues as improving U.S. social welfare policies for low-income fathers, especially child support, and workforce development policies. He also served on the Clinton Administration's Welfare Reform Task Force. Mincy is a co-principal investigator of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Survey, and he has been involved in numerous other research grants. He is a member of the MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy and serves on advisory boards for many organizations, including the African American Healthy Marriage Initiative and the University of Michigan's National Poverty Center.
School of Social Work
Columbia University
Columbia University School of Social Work
1255 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
212.851.2406; rm905@columbia.edu
Mincy teaches and directs the School of Social Work's Center for Research on Fathers, Children and Family Well-being. He studies the effects of welfare, child support, family support, housing, and employment and training policies and practices on family formation and father involvement. Before joining Columbia's faculty in 2001, Mincy was a Ford Foundation senior program officer, working on such issues as improving U.S. social welfare policies for low-income fathers, especially child support, and workforce development policies. He also served on the Clinton Administration's Welfare Reform Task Force. Mincy is a co-principal investigator of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Survey, and he has been involved in numerous other research grants. He is a member of the MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy and serves on advisory boards for many organizations, including the African American Healthy Marriage Initiative and the University of Michigan's National Poverty Center.
Meredith Minkler, Professor, Community Health Education and Health and Social Behavior
School of Public Health, Health and Social Behavior
University of California, Berkeley
316 Warren Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
510.642.4397; mink@berkeley.edu
Minkler is an expert on grandparents raising grandchildren. She has studied their physical and mental health and the impact of welfare reform on their families.
School of Public Health, Health and Social Behavior
University of California, Berkeley
316 Warren Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
510.642.4397; mink@berkeley.edu
Minkler is an expert on grandparents raising grandchildren. She has studied their physical and mental health and the impact of welfare reform on their families.
4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20008
202.572.6000, ext. 6002; kmoore@childtrends.org
Moore is a social psychologist who studies trends in child and family well-being, the effects of family structure and social change on children, the determinants and consequences of adolescent parenthood, and the effects of welfare and welfare reform on children. She is a member of the Family and Child Well-being Research Network established by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Washington, DC 20008
202.572.6000, ext. 6002; kmoore@childtrends.org
Moore is a social psychologist who studies trends in child and family well-being, the effects of family structure and social change on children, the determinants and consequences of adolescent parenthood, and the effects of welfare and welfare reform on children. She is a member of the Family and Child Well-being Research Network established by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Sam Odom, Director
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB#8180
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-818
919.966.4250; slodom@mail.fpg.unc.edu
FPG consists of more than 200 researchers, students and staff working on projects dealing with parent and family support; early care and education; child health and development; early identification and intervention; equity, access and inclusion; and early childhood policy.
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB#8180
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-818
919.966.4250; slodom@mail.fpg.unc.edu
FPG consists of more than 200 researchers, students and staff working on projects dealing with parent and family support; early care and education; child health and development; early identification and intervention; equity, access and inclusion; and early childhood policy.
Paul Ong Ph.D., Professor
Urban Planning, Social Welfare and Asian American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
3320 Public Policy Building
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
310.614.2458; pmong@ucla.edu
Ong’s studies include the labor market status of minorities and immigrants, the impact of immigration on the employment status of young African Americans, work and welfare and transportation access. He is currently engaged in several projects, including studies on the effects of neighborhood economies on welfare and work, community economic development in minority communities, and the labor market for healthcare workers. Ong is also director of the Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, a nonprofit organization at UCLA founded to seek equality for Asian Pacific Americans.
Urban Planning, Social Welfare and Asian American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
3320 Public Policy Building
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
310.614.2458; pmong@ucla.edu
Ong’s studies include the labor market status of minorities and immigrants, the impact of immigration on the employment status of young African Americans, work and welfare and transportation access. He is currently engaged in several projects, including studies on the effects of neighborhood economies on welfare and work, community economic development in minority communities, and the labor market for healthcare workers. Ong is also director of the Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, a nonprofit organization at UCLA founded to seek equality for Asian Pacific Americans.
Yolanda Padilla Ph.D., Professor
Social Work and Women's Studies
Population Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
School of Social Work
1 University Station D3500
Austin, TX 78712-0358
512.471.6266; ypadilla@mail.utexas.edu
Padilla’s research focuses on racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being in the United States, particularly among Mexican Americans. She looks at poverty, immigration, family structure, early childhood health and development, and social welfare policy. Padilla also does research on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender populations. The Society for Social Work and Research gave her an outstanding research award for a study on factors influencing Mexican immigrants' earnings potential.
Population Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
School of Social Work
1 University Station D3500
Austin, TX 78712-0358
512.471.6266; ypadilla@mail.utexas.edu
Padilla’s research focuses on racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being in the United States, particularly among Mexican Americans. She looks at poverty, immigration, family structure, early childhood health and development, and social welfare policy. Padilla also does research on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender populations. The Society for Social Work and Research gave her an outstanding research award for a study on factors influencing Mexican immigrants' earnings potential.
Jeffrey Passel, Senior Demographer
Pew Hispanic Center
Pew Research Center
1615 L Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202.419.3600 (main); info@pewhispanic.org
Passel's research has focused on the impacts and integration of immigrants into American society, and the demography of immigration, particularly the measurement of illegal immigration. Prior to joining the Pew Hispanic Center, Passel served as the principal research associate at the Urban Institute's Labor, Human Services and Population Center. Passel has authored numerous studies on immigrant populations in America, focusing on such topics as undocumented immigration, the economic and fiscal impact of the foreign born, and the impact of welfare reform on immigrant populations.
Pew Hispanic Center
Pew Research Center
1615 L Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202.419.3600 (main); info@pewhispanic.org
Passel's research has focused on the impacts and integration of immigrants into American society, and the demography of immigration, particularly the measurement of illegal immigration. Prior to joining the Pew Hispanic Center, Passel served as the principal research associate at the Urban Institute's Labor, Human Services and Population Center. Passel has authored numerous studies on immigrant populations in America, focusing on such topics as undocumented immigration, the economic and fiscal impact of the foreign born, and the impact of welfare reform on immigrant populations.
Cheryl Pedersen, Director of Communications
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
PO Box 2393
600 Alexander Park
Princeton, NJ 08543
609.275.2258; cpedersen@mathematica-mpr.com
Mathematica conducts public policy research and surveys on health care, education, welfare, employment, nutrition, child development, and other policy issues. The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is an affiliate research organization that designs and conducts studies focused on the U.S. health care system.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
PO Box 2393
600 Alexander Park
Princeton, NJ 08543
609.275.2258; cpedersen@mathematica-mpr.com
Mathematica conducts public policy research and surveys on health care, education, welfare, employment, nutrition, child development, and other policy issues. The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is an affiliate research organization that designs and conducts studies focused on the U.S. health care system.
Mark Rank Ph.D., Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
314.935.5694; markr@wustl.edu
Rank's research and teaching areas focus on poverty, social welfare, economic inequality and social policy. His first book, "Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in America," explored the conditions of surviving on public assistance. His most recent book, "One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All," provides a new understanding of poverty in America, one in which we are all directly or indirectly affected by poverty.
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
314.935.5694; markr@wustl.edu
Rank's research and teaching areas focus on poverty, social welfare, economic inequality and social policy. His first book, "Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in America," explored the conditions of surviving on public assistance. His most recent book, "One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All," provides a new understanding of poverty in America, one in which we are all directly or indirectly affected by poverty.
Jenice R. Robinson, Communications Coordinator
Center for Law and Social Policy
1015 15th St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
202.906.8007; jrobinson@clasp.org
The national nonprofit conducts research and policy analysis to improve low-income people’s economic security, educational and workforce prospects. Specifically, it aims to: increase adults’ access to quality education, training and transitional jobs; create universal opportunities for early childhood education; improve access to supports such as child care, food stamps, Medicaid and cash assistance; help young people avoid risky behavior; and help more kids grow up with two involved parents.
Rubén Rumbaut Ph.D., Professor
School of Social Sciences
University of California, Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza
Mail Code: 5100
Irvine, CA 92697
949.824.2495; rrumbaut@uci.edu
Rumbaut has co-directed the landmark Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study since 1991. He also directs, in collaboration with a team of UCI and UCLA colleagues, a large-scale study of immigration and intergenerational mobility in metropolitan Los Angeles and does comparative research on transitions to adulthood. Rumbaut's research has focused on immigrants and assimilation, language and bilingualism, ethnic identity, intergenerational relations in immigrant families, educational achievement and aspirations, social mobility, crime and incarceration, and health and mental health. He co-wrote “Immigrant America: A Portrait” (University of California Press, 2006) and “Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future” (National Academies Press, 2006).
School of Social Sciences
University of California, Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza
Mail Code: 5100
Irvine, CA 92697
949.824.2495; rrumbaut@uci.edu
Rumbaut has co-directed the landmark Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study since 1991. He also directs, in collaboration with a team of UCI and UCLA colleagues, a large-scale study of immigration and intergenerational mobility in metropolitan Los Angeles and does comparative research on transitions to adulthood. Rumbaut's research has focused on immigrants and assimilation, language and bilingualism, ethnic identity, intergenerational relations in immigrant families, educational achievement and aspirations, social mobility, crime and incarceration, and health and mental health. He co-wrote “Immigrant America: A Portrait” (University of California Press, 2006) and “Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future” (National Academies Press, 2006).
Arloc Sherman , Senior Researcher
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
820 First St., NE, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20002
202.408.1080; sherman@cbpp.org
Sherman researches trends in income inequality, employment of single mothers, the causes and consequences of family and child poverty, and welfare reform and policies that reduce poverty.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
820 First St., NE, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20002
202.408.1080; sherman@cbpp.org
Sherman researches trends in income inequality, employment of single mothers, the causes and consequences of family and child poverty, and welfare reform and policies that reduce poverty.
Kristine Siefert, Associate Director and Professor of Social Work
Center for Poverty, Risk and Mental Health
University of Michigan
1080 S. University, 2846 SSWB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734.763.6201; ksiefert@umich.edu
Siefert's research investigates social and environmental risk factors for poor health and mental health among low-income women and children in diverse racial and ethnic populations. Recent studies include the impact of household food insufficiency on the physical and mental health of low income women and social and environmental determinants of major depression in low-income women.
Center for Poverty, Risk and Mental Health
University of Michigan
1080 S. University, 2846 SSWB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734.763.6201; ksiefert@umich.edu
Siefert's research investigates social and environmental risk factors for poor health and mental health among low-income women and children in diverse racial and ethnic populations. Recent studies include the impact of household food insufficiency on the physical and mental health of low income women and social and environmental determinants of major depression in low-income women.
Margaret Simms, Director
Low-Income Working Families project
Urban Institute
2100 M St NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.261.5283 (press)
Simms, a nationally recognized expert on the economic well-being of African Americans, joined the Institute in 2007, following 21 years with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. She directs the Institute’s Low-Income Working Families project, a research initiative exploring challenges faced by 9 million families and their 19 million children.
Low-Income Working Families project
Urban Institute
2100 M St NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.261.5283 (press)
Simms, a nationally recognized expert on the economic well-being of African Americans, joined the Institute in 2007, following 21 years with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. She directs the Institute’s Low-Income Working Families project, a research initiative exploring challenges faced by 9 million families and their 19 million children.
Timothy Smeeding, Director
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
3412 William H. Sewell Hill Social Science Bldg
3412 William H. Sewell Hill Social Science Bldg
1180 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706-1211
608.262.6358; smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu
IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the U.S. One of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest. Cancian is also a professor of Social Work and Public Affairs. Her research interests include poverty, welfare and child support policy, and the economic well-being of families with children.
Madison, WI 53706-1211
608.262.6358; smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu
IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the U.S. One of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest. Cancian is also a professor of Social Work and Public Affairs. Her research interests include poverty, welfare and child support policy, and the economic well-being of families with children.
Matthew Stagner, Executive Director
Chapin Hall Center for Children
University of Chicago
1313 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
773.753.5900; mstagner@chapinhall.org
Stagner is a nationally recognized authority on policies affecting children and families. His research includes work on youth risk behaviors, children aging out of foster care, and programs that support social services. Before joining Chapin Hall in 2006, Stagner directed the Center on Labor, Human Services and Population at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Earlier, Stagner directed the Division of Children and Youth Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He has directed research for the National Research Council and the Center for the Study of Social Policy.
Chapin Hall Center for Children
University of Chicago
1313 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
773.753.5900; mstagner@chapinhall.org
Stagner is a nationally recognized authority on policies affecting children and families. His research includes work on youth risk behaviors, children aging out of foster care, and programs that support social services. Before joining Chapin Hall in 2006, Stagner directed the Center on Labor, Human Services and Population at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Earlier, Stagner directed the Division of Children and Youth Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He has directed research for the National Research Council and the Center for the Study of Social Policy.
Mark Testa Ph.D., Professor
Children and Family Research Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
150 N. Wacker, Suite 2120
Chicago, IL 60606
312.641.2493; mtesta@uiuc.edu
Testa is an associate professor of social work, a child welfare researcher and former research director for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. For 30 years, he has provided leadership on research and public engagement to improve the lives of children and families involved in the income assistance and child protection systems. Testa is the architect of several major child welfare innovations in Illinois, including the Home of Relative Reform in 1995 and the federal Subsidized Guardianship Demonstration in 1997. He is leading the evaluations of replications of the Illinois subsidized guardianship demonstration project in the states of Wisconsin and Tennessee.
Children and Family Research Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
150 N. Wacker, Suite 2120
Chicago, IL 60606
312.641.2493; mtesta@uiuc.edu
Testa is an associate professor of social work, a child welfare researcher and former research director for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. For 30 years, he has provided leadership on research and public engagement to improve the lives of children and families involved in the income assistance and child protection systems. Testa is the architect of several major child welfare innovations in Illinois, including the Home of Relative Reform in 1995 and the federal Subsidized Guardianship Demonstration in 1997. He is leading the evaluations of replications of the Illinois subsidized guardianship demonstration project in the states of Wisconsin and Tennessee.
Marta Tienda Ph.D., Research Associate, Professor
Office of Population Research
Princeton University
Wallace Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-2091
609.258.5808; tienda@princeton.edu
In addition to being director of the Office of Population Research, Tienda is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. Her research focuses on social inequalities regarding race and ethnic differences, such as poverty, welfare, education and employment.
Office of Population Research
Princeton University
Wallace Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-2091
609.258.5808; tienda@princeton.edu
In addition to being director of the Office of Population Research, Tienda is a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. Her research focuses on social inequalities regarding race and ethnic differences, such as poverty, welfare, education and employment.
Michael Wald, Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus
School of Law
Stanford University
Crown Quad 215
Stanford, CA 94305
650.723.0322; mwald@stanford.edu
Wald has had a distinguished career as an academic researcher and teacher. A leading national authority on legal policy toward children, he drafted the American Bar Association’s Standards Related to Child Abuse and Neglect, as well as major federal and state legislation regarding child welfare. Wald served as deputy general counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Clinton Administration, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Human Services, and senior adviser to the president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
School of Law
Stanford University
Crown Quad 215
Stanford, CA 94305
650.723.0322; mwald@stanford.edu
Wald has had a distinguished career as an academic researcher and teacher. A leading national authority on legal policy toward children, he drafted the American Bar Association’s Standards Related to Child Abuse and Neglect, as well as major federal and state legislation regarding child welfare. Wald served as deputy general counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Clinton Administration, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Human Services, and senior adviser to the president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Margy Waller, Executive Director
Mobility Agenda
202.552.1713; margywaller@mobilityagenda.org
After leaving her position as a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Waller became Director of the Center for Community Change's project "The Mobility Agenda: New Ideas for Low-wage Work." Waller served as Senior Advisor for Welfare and Working Families at the White House Domestic Policy Council in the Clinton Administration. Prior to that, Waller she was Senior Fellow for Social Policy and Director of the Working Families Project at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) where she focused on welfare policy, working families and urban issues.
Mobility Agenda
202.552.1713; margywaller@mobilityagenda.org
After leaving her position as a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Waller became Director of the Center for Community Change's project "The Mobility Agenda: New Ideas for Low-wage Work." Waller served as Senior Advisor for Welfare and Working Families at the White House Domestic Policy Council in the Clinton Administration. Prior to that, Waller she was Senior Fellow for Social Policy and Director of the Working Families Project at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) where she focused on welfare policy, working families and urban issues.
James Weidman, Director
Editorial Services
Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002
202.546.4400; james.weidman@heritage.org
The think tank formulates and promotes conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom and traditional American values. Its domestic research covers economics, education, family and marriage, health care and more.
Greg Acs, Senior Research Associate
Income and Benefits Policy Center
Urban Institute
2100 M St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
202.261.5522; gacs@ui.urban.org
http://www.urban.org/bio/GregoryAcs.html...
Acs studies welfare policy and the well-being of low-income families and children. He has examined the spending patterns of low-income working families with children; the impact of welfare reform on children's living arrangements and how those affect child well-being; federal and state welfare-to-work policies and programs; and welfare dynamics, income inequality and employer-sponsored health insurance.
Income and Benefits Policy Center
Urban Institute
2100 M St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
202.261.5522; gacs@ui.urban.org
http://www.urban.org/bio/GregoryAcs.html...
Acs studies welfare policy and the well-being of low-income families and children. He has examined the spending patterns of low-income working families with children; the impact of welfare reform on children's living arrangements and how those affect child well-being; federal and state welfare-to-work policies and programs; and welfare dynamics, income inequality and employer-sponsored health insurance.
Laura Beavers, Research Associate
Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.223.2975; lbeavers@aecf.org
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/...
The annual Kids Count Data Book is a national and state-by-state project of the Casey Foundation to track the status of children in the United States. Data from the 2008 “Right Start for America’s Newborns” report are available. State- and city-level data on birth outcomes are available on the online database, Kids Count Data Center, which allows users to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles; or download the entire data set. The 2007 Kids Count Data Book, to be released on June 26, 2007, looks at the goal of permanence or ensuring that every child and young person served by the child welfare system achieves a lifelong family connection. Alternative Kids Count contact: William O'Hare, senior fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation; WOhare@aecf.org; 410.547.6600, ext. 2049; 443.472.7434 (cell)
Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.223.2975; lbeavers@aecf.org
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/...
The annual Kids Count Data Book is a national and state-by-state project of the Casey Foundation to track the status of children in the United States. Data from the 2008 “Right Start for America’s Newborns” report are available. State- and city-level data on birth outcomes are available on the online database, Kids Count Data Center, which allows users to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles; or download the entire data set. The 2007 Kids Count Data Book, to be released on June 26, 2007, looks at the goal of permanence or ensuring that every child and young person served by the child welfare system achieves a lifelong family connection. Alternative Kids Count contact: William O'Hare, senior fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation; WOhare@aecf.org; 410.547.6600, ext. 2049; 443.472.7434 (cell)
Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director
Center for Community Change
1000 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
202.339.9300; bhargavad@commchange.org
http://www.communitychange.org/...
Bhargava is the executive director of nonprofit Center for Community Change. For nearly four decades, the Center for Community Change has worked to strengthen the leadership, voice and power of low-income communities nationwide to confront the vital issues of today and build the social movements of tomorrow.
Center for Community Change
1000 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
202.339.9300; bhargavad@commchange.org
http://www.communitychange.org/...
Bhargava is the executive director of nonprofit Center for Community Change. For nearly four decades, the Center for Community Change has worked to strengthen the leadership, voice and power of low-income communities nationwide to confront the vital issues of today and build the social movements of tomorrow.
Helen Blank, Director of Leadership and Public Policy
National Women's Law Center
Address:11 Dupont Circle, N.W., # 800
Washington, DC 20036
202.588.5180; hblank@nwlc.org
http://nwlc.org/index.cfm...
The National Women's Law Center works on getting new laws on the books and enforced; litigating ground-breaking cases in state and federal courts all the way to the Supreme Court; and educating the public about ways to make the law and public policies work for women and their families. The center's focus is on education, employment, family economic security, and health -- with special attention given to the needs of low-income women and their families.
National Women's Law Center
Address:11 Dupont Circle, N.W., # 800
Washington, DC 20036
202.588.5180; hblank@nwlc.org
http://nwlc.org/index.cfm...
The National Women's Law Center works on getting new laws on the books and enforced; litigating ground-breaking cases in state and federal courts all the way to the Supreme Court; and educating the public about ways to make the law and public policies work for women and their families. The center's focus is on education, employment, family economic security, and health -- with special attention given to the needs of low-income women and their families.
Tanya Broder, Staff Attorney
Public Benefits
National Immigration Law Center
1212 Broadway, Suite 1400
Oakland, CA 94612
510.663.8282, Ext. 307; Broder@nilc.org
http://www.nilc.org...
Public Benefits
National Immigration Law Center
1212 Broadway, Suite 1400
Oakland, CA 94612
510.663.8282, Ext. 307; Broder@nilc.org
http://www.nilc.org...
Steven Camarota, Director of Research
Center for Immigration Studies
1522 K St. N.W., Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
202.466.8185; sac@cis.org
http://www.cis.org...
The center supports admitting fewer immigrants to the United States but providing “a warmer welcome” for those who have been admitted. It conducts research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal and other impacts of immigration on the U.S. Research director Steven Camarota is author of a 2007 report that found that immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for one in four people living in poverty and that they’ve contributed to nearly three-fourths of the increase in the uninsured population since 1989. His most recent report is “How Many Americans.”
Center for Immigration Studies
1522 K St. N.W., Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
202.466.8185; sac@cis.org
http://www.cis.org...
The center supports admitting fewer immigrants to the United States but providing “a warmer welcome” for those who have been admitted. It conducts research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal and other impacts of immigration on the U.S. Research director Steven Camarota is author of a 2007 report that found that immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for one in four people living in poverty and that they’ve contributed to nearly three-fourths of the increase in the uninsured population since 1989. His most recent report is “How Many Americans.”
David Carrier, Outreach Director
Child Trends
4301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20008
202.572.6138; dcarrier@childtrends.org
http://www.childtrends.org/...
The nonprofit, nonpartisan research center studies children at every stage of development. It is a key source of information on a wide range of topics, including early childhood development, foster care and adoption, education, teen sex and pregnancy, and marriage and family. The Child Trends DataBank is a one-stop source for the latest national trends and research on more than 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being. Its recent reports include “Child Care Use by Low-Income Families: Variations Across States.” The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization provides research guidance to improve policies, programs and practices affecting children and their families. Its major research areas include: early childhood and youth development; child welfare; education; health; teen sex and pregnancy; fatherhood and parenting; and marriage and family. It studies children and youth at every stage of development and in every important subgroup (e.g., by race/ethnicity, family income, immigrant status). Its online DataBank provides the latest statistics on more than 100 indicators of well-being.
Child Trends
4301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20008
202.572.6138; dcarrier@childtrends.org
http://www.childtrends.org/...
The nonprofit, nonpartisan research center studies children at every stage of development. It is a key source of information on a wide range of topics, including early childhood development, foster care and adoption, education, teen sex and pregnancy, and marriage and family. The Child Trends DataBank is a one-stop source for the latest national trends and research on more than 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being. Its recent reports include “Child Care Use by Low-Income Families: Variations Across States.” The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization provides research guidance to improve policies, programs and practices affecting children and their families. Its major research areas include: early childhood and youth development; child welfare; education; health; teen sex and pregnancy; fatherhood and parenting; and marriage and family. It studies children and youth at every stage of development and in every important subgroup (e.g., by race/ethnicity, family income, immigrant status). Its online DataBank provides the latest statistics on more than 100 indicators of well-being.
Nancy Coleman, Director of Communications
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
1330 H St., NW, Suite 300, East Tower
Washington, DC 20005-4707
202.331.5546; ncoleman@epinet.org
http://www.epinet.org...
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
1330 H St., NW, Suite 300, East Tower
Washington, DC 20005-4707
202.331.5546; ncoleman@epinet.org
http://www.epinet.org...
The independent, nonprofit think tank researches the impact of economic trends and policies on low- and middle-income Americans and their families. It urges government to set market standards, and it supports a strong, effective labor movement. EPI conducts research in four main areas: living standards and labor markets; government and the economy; globalization and trade; and education. It publishes “The State of Working America” every two years.
Patrick Fagan, Senior Fellow
Family Research Council
801 G St.
Washington, DC 20001
202.393.2100; mcd@frc.org
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=BY08B09...
A former deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Fagan joined FRC in fall 2007 as a senior fellow and director of the Center for Marriage and Religion. The center supports the study of marital stability and religion, and how the two affect happiness, physical and mental health, income and savings, educational attainment and family stability as well as negative outcomes. Earlier, Fagan spent 13 years as a fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., examining the relationships among family, community and social problems. He worked for HHS during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. Before his public policy career, Fagan was a child, family and marital therapist. Contact FRC's media office at 202.637.4615.
Family Research Council
801 G St.
Washington, DC 20001
202.393.2100; mcd@frc.org
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=BY08B09...
A former deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Fagan joined FRC in fall 2007 as a senior fellow and director of the Center for Marriage and Religion. The center supports the study of marital stability and religion, and how the two affect happiness, physical and mental health, income and savings, educational attainment and family stability as well as negative outcomes. Earlier, Fagan spent 13 years as a fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., examining the relationships among family, community and social problems. He worked for HHS during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. Before his public policy career, Fagan was a child, family and marital therapist. Contact FRC's media office at 202.637.4615.
Ralph Forsht, Senior Vice President
Government Relations & Operations
First Focus
1110 Vermont Ave NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
202.657.0670; ralphf@firstfocus.net
First Focus
1110 Vermont Ave NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
202.657.0670; ralphf@firstfocus.net
www.firstfocus.net...
The bipartisan advocacy organization works to make children and their families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions. It focuses on three core areas – health, education and family economics – and lobbies for bipartisan support. It was launched in 2005 by America’s Promise Alliance, which includes scores of corporations, nonprofit service organizations, foundations, policymakers, advocacy organizations and faith groups collaborating on behalf of young people.
The bipartisan advocacy organization works to make children and their families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions. It focuses on three core areas – health, education and family economics – and lobbies for bipartisan support. It was launched in 2005 by America’s Promise Alliance, which includes scores of corporations, nonprofit service organizations, foundations, policymakers, advocacy organizations and faith groups collaborating on behalf of young people.
Henry Freedman, Executive Director
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
275 7th Ave., Suite 1506
New York, NY 10001
212.633.6967; freedman@nclej.org
http://www.nclej.org/...
The National Center for Law and Economic Justice advances the cause of economic justice for low-income families, individuals and communities. The center engages in legal representation and policy advocacy to improve the administration of cash assistance, Medicaid, food stamps and child care. The Center is a recognized for using litigation to improve welfare progams.
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
275 7th Ave., Suite 1506
New York, NY 10001
212.633.6967; freedman@nclej.org
http://www.nclej.org/...
The National Center for Law and Economic Justice advances the cause of economic justice for low-income families, individuals and communities. The center engages in legal representation and policy advocacy to improve the administration of cash assistance, Medicaid, food stamps and child care. The Center is a recognized for using litigation to improve welfare progams.
Sid Gardner, President
Children and Family Futures
4940 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 202
Irvine, CA 92620
714.505.3525; sgardner@cffutures.org
http://www.cffutures.org...
Gardner is president of Children and Family Futures, a nonprofit consulting organization in Irvine, Calif., that focuses on the problems of children affected by alcohol and other drugs, with special attention to child welfare and welfare systems. Previously, Gardner has served as director of the Center for Collaboration for Children at California State University Fullerton, and was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare under President Nixon. He has been a program officer of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a staff member of the White House Domestic Council and director of State and Local Affairs for the Children’s Defense Fund. He also has been a consultant to the National Governors Association, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the National League of Cities, among others. Gardner has taught on the adjunct faculty of seven universities in California, Washington, D.C., and Connecticut, and he has published widely on the subjects of children and family services, results-based funding, school-linked community services and ethics and public policy. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 1963 and master’s degrees from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and from Hartford Seminary.
Children and Family Futures
4940 Irvine Blvd., Ste. 202
Irvine, CA 92620
714.505.3525; sgardner@cffutures.org
http://www.cffutures.org...
Gardner is president of Children and Family Futures, a nonprofit consulting organization in Irvine, Calif., that focuses on the problems of children affected by alcohol and other drugs, with special attention to child welfare and welfare systems. Previously, Gardner has served as director of the Center for Collaboration for Children at California State University Fullerton, and was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare under President Nixon. He has been a program officer of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a staff member of the White House Domestic Council and director of State and Local Affairs for the Children’s Defense Fund. He also has been a consultant to the National Governors Association, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the National League of Cities, among others. Gardner has taught on the adjunct faculty of seven universities in California, Washington, D.C., and Connecticut, and he has published widely on the subjects of children and family services, results-based funding, school-linked community services and ethics and public policy. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 1963 and master’s degrees from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and from Hartford Seminary.
Mark H. Greenberg, Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
1015 15th St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
202.906.8000; mhgreen@clasp.org
http://www.clasp.org/...
Greenberg is executive director of the Task Force on Poverty at the Center for American Progress. Prior to that, Greenberg was Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). He has focused on issues relating to federal and state welfare reform and workforce issues affecting low-income families, with particular attention to employment, education and training, child care and early education policy, and other supports for low-income families. Prior to coming to CLASP, Greenberg worked at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid in Florida and the Western Center on Law and Poverty in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Center for American Progress
1015 15th St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
202.906.8000; mhgreen@clasp.org
http://www.clasp.org/...
Greenberg is executive director of the Task Force on Poverty at the Center for American Progress. Prior to that, Greenberg was Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). He has focused on issues relating to federal and state welfare reform and workforce issues affecting low-income families, with particular attention to employment, education and training, child care and early education policy, and other supports for low-income families. Prior to coming to CLASP, Greenberg worked at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid in Florida and the Western Center on Law and Poverty in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Robert Greenstein, Executive Director
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
820 First St. N.E., Suite 510
Washington, DC 20002
202.408.4080; greenstein@cbpp.org
http://www.cbpp.org/staff/robert-greenstein.htm...
Greenstein is founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. His area of expertise is the federal budget, particularly the impact of tax and budget proposals on low-income people. Greenstein has written numerous reports, analyses, op-ed pieces and magazine articles on poverty-related issues, appears on national television news and public affairs programs and is frequently asked to testify on Capitol Hill. Prior to founding the center, Greenstein was administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he directed the agency that operates the federal food assistance programs.
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
820 First St. N.E., Suite 510
Washington, DC 20002
202.408.4080; greenstein@cbpp.org
http://www.cbpp.org/staff/robert-greenstein.htm...
Greenstein is founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. His area of expertise is the federal budget, particularly the impact of tax and budget proposals on low-income people. Greenstein has written numerous reports, analyses, op-ed pieces and magazine articles on poverty-related issues, appears on national television news and public affairs programs and is frequently asked to testify on Capitol Hill. Prior to founding the center, Greenstein was administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he directed the agency that operates the federal food assistance programs.
Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow
Economic Studies
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
202.797.6057; rhaskins@brookings.edu
http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/rhaskins.htm...
Haskins is a senior fellow at Brookings and senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. He co-directs Brookings’ Center on Children and Families, which disseminates research to Congress, advocates and the public. He served President George W. Bush in 2002 as a senior adviser on welfare policy. Before joining Brookings and AECF in 2000, Haskins spent 14 years working for the House Ways and Means human resources subcommittee. He edited several editions of its Green Book, a compendium that analyzes federal social programs and domestic policy issues including health care, poverty and unemployment. Haskins wrote “Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law” (Brookings, 2006). He has co-edited several books, including “Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of the Safety Net” (Brookings, 2002).
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
202.797.6057; rhaskins@brookings.edu
http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/rhaskins.htm...
Haskins is a senior fellow at Brookings and senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. He co-directs Brookings’ Center on Children and Families, which disseminates research to Congress, advocates and the public. He served President George W. Bush in 2002 as a senior adviser on welfare policy. Before joining Brookings and AECF in 2000, Haskins spent 14 years working for the House Ways and Means human resources subcommittee. He edited several editions of its Green Book, a compendium that analyzes federal social programs and domestic policy issues including health care, poverty and unemployment. Haskins wrote “Work Over Welfare: The Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law” (Brookings, 2006). He has co-edited several books, including “Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of the Safety Net” (Brookings, 2002).
Sarah Heynen, Communications Coordinator
National Partnership for Women and Families
1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20009
202.986.2600; info@nationalpartnership.org
www.nationalpartnership.org...
The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, founded in 1971 as the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, promotes fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. Its president is Debra L. Ness.
National Partnership for Women and Families
1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20009
202.986.2600; info@nationalpartnership.org
www.nationalpartnership.org...
The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, founded in 1971 as the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, promotes fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. Its president is Debra L. Ness.
Wayne Ho, Executive Director
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families (CACF)
50 Broad St., Suite 1701
New York, NY 10004
212.809.4675, ext. 101; who@cacf.org
www.cacf.org...
The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) is an advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Asian Pacific American children in New York City. CACF is the nation's only pan-Asian children's advocacy organization.
Coalition for Asian American Children & Families (CACF)
50 Broad St., Suite 1701
New York, NY 10004
212.809.4675, ext. 101; who@cacf.org
www.cacf.org...
The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) is an advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Asian Pacific American children in New York City. CACF is the nation's only pan-Asian children's advocacy organization.
Judith Jackson MSW, National Office Consultant
National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW)
2305 Martin Luther King Ave. S.E.
Washington, DC 20020
202.678.4570; nabsw.harambee@verizon.net
http://www.nabsw.org...
NABSW was founded to address the social welfare needs of black people across the country. Jackson focuses the organization’s efforts in four areas: family preservation/child Welfare, youth development, health and wellness and civil liberties. Jackson is also interested in issues regarding blacks and education, family and community.
National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW)
2305 Martin Luther King Ave. S.E.
Washington, DC 20020
202.678.4570; nabsw.harambee@verizon.net
http://www.nabsw.org...
NABSW was founded to address the social welfare needs of black people across the country. Jackson focuses the organization’s efforts in four areas: family preservation/child Welfare, youth development, health and wellness and civil liberties. Jackson is also interested in issues regarding blacks and education, family and community.
Stuart Kantor, Senior Public Affairs Associate
Urban Institute
2100 M St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.261.5283; skantor@urban.org
http://www.uipress.org/Template.cfm?Section=Bookst...
The nonpartisan research institute investigates, analyzes and seeks solutions to U.S. social and economic problems. It works on issues involving work and income, housing and communities, child welfare, and civic engagement and philanthropy. Urban has 10 policy centers, including those focusing on low-income working families, economic security, education, health policy, criminal justice and taxes.
Urban Institute
2100 M St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
202.261.5283; skantor@urban.org
http://www.uipress.org/Template.cfm?Section=Bookst...
The nonpartisan research institute investigates, analyzes and seeks solutions to U.S. social and economic problems. It works on issues involving work and income, housing and communities, child welfare, and civic engagement and philanthropy. Urban has 10 policy centers, including those focusing on low-income working families, economic security, education, health policy, criminal justice and taxes.
Patrick McCarthy, Vice President
System and Service Reform
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.223.2852; media@aecf.org
www.aecf.org...
McCarthy oversees the foundation's work in income security; child welfare; general, reproductive and mental health; substance abuse; juvenile justice; education; and early childhood and youth development.
System and Service Reform
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
410.223.2852; media@aecf.org
www.aecf.org...
McCarthy oversees the foundation's work in income security; child welfare; general, reproductive and mental health; substance abuse; juvenile justice; education; and early childhood and youth development.
Linda Meric, National Director
9to5, National Association of Working Women
207 E Buffalo St. #211
Milwaukee, WI 53202
303.628.0925; lindam@9to5.org
www.9to5.org...
The Milwaukee-based national, grassroots membership organization works for economic justice, including family-friendly policies for low-wage women. It also supports expanding family and medical leave benefits, including minimum requirements for paid sick leave, and increasing access to childcare and other family-flexible supports through TANF and other block grants.
9to5, National Association of Working Women
207 E Buffalo St. #211
Milwaukee, WI 53202
303.628.0925; lindam@9to5.org
www.9to5.org...
The Milwaukee-based national, grassroots membership organization works for economic justice, including family-friendly policies for low-wage women. It also supports expanding family and medical leave benefits, including minimum requirements for paid sick leave, and increasing access to childcare and other family-flexible supports through TANF and other block grants.
Business Interface Inc.
202.955.3005
The organization serves as a workforce intermediary to mobilize the business community nationally to hire from nontraditional pools of labor.
Laura Rodriguez, Communication Director
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
634 South Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
202.746.7825, ext. 124; lrodriguez@maldef.org
www.maldef.org...
The national nonprofit protects and promotes civil rights for 40 million Latinos living in the United States. Based in Los Angeles, with several regional offices, it handles cases involving education, employment, political access, immigration and public resource equity.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
634 South Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
202.746.7825, ext. 124; lrodriguez@maldef.org
www.maldef.org...
The national nonprofit protects and promotes civil rights for 40 million Latinos living in the United States. Based in Los Angeles, with several regional offices, it handles cases involving education, employment, political access, immigration and public resource equity.
Amy Saltzman, Communications Director
Appleseed
727 15th St., NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202.347.7960; asaltzman@appleseeds.net
http://www.appleseeds.net...
Appleseed works at the local level, establishing and networking independent public interest law centers that identify and address issues community-by-community. As a legal pro bono network, Appleseed centers focus on public education, health care, child welfare, justice and immigration. Appleseed released the report, “It Takes a Parent: Transforming Education in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act.”
Appleseed
727 15th St., NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202.347.7960; asaltzman@appleseeds.net
http://www.appleseeds.net...
Appleseed works at the local level, establishing and networking independent public interest law centers that identify and address issues community-by-community. As a legal pro bono network, Appleseed centers focus on public education, health care, child welfare, justice and immigration. Appleseed released the report, “It Takes a Parent: Transforming Education in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act.”
Barry L. Van Lare, Director
Office of Management & Consulting
National Governors Association
444 N. Capitol St.
Suite 267
Washington, DC 20001-1512
202.624.7895; bvanlare@nga.org
National Governors Association
444 N. Capitol St.
Suite 267
Washington, DC 20001-1512
202.624.7895; bvanlare@nga.org
Van Lare serves as NGA's primary liaison to governors' chiefs of staff, assisting governors in leading and managing state government. He provides on-site consulting as well as printed and electronic informatio. He organizes an annual series of seminars for governors' office staff -- and spouses -- on best practices and duties. He also coordinates and manages the NGA biennial Seminar for New Governors. Van Lare joined NGA in 2006. Earlier, he directed the Center for Public Strategies at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research; was senior vice president of Workforce Services, MAXIMUS; was executive director of the Welfare Information Network, The Finance Project; and served as deputy executive director, NGA; and associate commissioner for Social Security, Office of Family Assistance.
Maya Wiley, Founder and Director
Center for Social Inclusion (CSI)
50 Broad St., Suite 1820
New York, NY 10004
212.248.2785; mwiley@thecsi.org
http://www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/...
The Center for Social Inclusion is a national policy advocacy organization that works to dismantle structural racism. Wiley previously was a senior adviser on race and poverty for the Open Society Institute’s U.S. programs. She also helped develop and implement the OSI’s criminal justice initiative in South Africa.
Center for Social Inclusion (CSI)
50 Broad St., Suite 1820
New York, NY 10004
212.248.2785; mwiley@thecsi.org
http://www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/...
The Center for Social Inclusion is a national policy advocacy organization that works to dismantle structural racism. Wiley previously was a senior adviser on race and poverty for the Open Society Institute’s U.S. programs. She also helped develop and implement the OSI’s criminal justice initiative in South Africa.
Joan Williams, Professor of Law, Director
The Center for WorkLife Law (WLL)
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.565.4640; williams@uchastings.edu
http://www.uchastings.edu/?pid=3624...
Williams is an author, who researches work and family issues. Her studies focus on social psychology, conflicts between work and family, care giving issues and workplace bias against mothers. Williams also is founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law (WLL), a research and advocacy center that seeks to eliminate employment discrimination against caregivers such as parents and adult children of aging parents.
The Center for WorkLife Law (WLL)
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.565.4640; williams@uchastings.edu
http://www.uchastings.edu/?pid=3624...
Williams is an author, who researches work and family issues. Her studies focus on social psychology, conflicts between work and family, care giving issues and workplace bias against mothers. Williams also is founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law (WLL), a research and advocacy center that seeks to eliminate employment discrimination against caregivers such as parents and adult children of aging parents.
Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund
25 E St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.662.3500 work or 202.244.9004 home; cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org
http://www.childrensdefense.org...
CDF advocates for the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves, paying particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF encourages preventive investment before children get sick, into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. CDF was founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman; it is supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. Edelman, a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, began her career in the mid-60s when, as the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, she directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi. In l968, she moved to Washington, D.C., as counsel for the Poor People's Campaign that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., began organizing before his death. She founded the Washington Research Project, a public-interest law firm and the parent body of CDF. For two years, she served as the Director of the Center for Law and Education at Harvard University and, in l973, began the Children's Defense Fund.
25 E St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.662.3500 work or 202.244.9004 home; cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org
http://www.childrensdefense.org...
CDF advocates for the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves, paying particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF encourages preventive investment before children get sick, into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. CDF was founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman; it is supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. Edelman, a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, began her career in the mid-60s when, as the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, she directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi. In l968, she moved to Washington, D.C., as counsel for the Poor People's Campaign that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., began organizing before his death. She founded the Washington Research Project, a public-interest law firm and the parent body of CDF. For two years, she served as the Director of the Center for Law and Education at Harvard University and, in l973, began the Children's Defense Fund.
Michael Bergman, Public Information Officer
U.S. Census Bureau
301.763.3046; michael.l.bergman@census.gov
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/...
Bergman handles queries about Census economics programs. The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
U.S. Census Bureau
301.763.3046; michael.l.bergman@census.gov
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/...
Bergman handles queries about Census economics programs. The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
Roque Gerald, Deputy Director
Office of Clinical Practice
Child and Family Services Agency
400 Sixth St.SW, Suite 4000
Washington, DC 20024
200.727.2388, roque.gerald@dc.gov
www.cfsa.dc.gov...
Office of Clinical Practice
Child and Family Services Agency
400 Sixth St.SW, Suite 4000
Washington, DC 20024
200.727.2388, roque.gerald@dc.gov
www.cfsa.dc.gov...
Gerald has provided training, technical assistance and clinical consultation to private and public child welfare agencies locally and nationally. His expertise and training is in child welfare clinical service delivery.
Wade Horn Ph.D., Director
U.S. / State Government Sector
Deloitte Consulting LLP
12010 Sunset Hills Road
Suite 500
Reston, VA 20190
703.885.6000
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/press_release/0,1014,s...
Horn is an adviser to health and human services clients of Deloitte Consulting’s state government practice. Before joining Deloitte in 2007, he'd been assistant secretary for ACF since 2001. While there, Horn worked to increase the effectiveness of Head Start and early childhood education programs, promote positive youth development and build partnerships with community and faith-based organizations in delivering social services to the poor. Additionally, Horn launched a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents and a public awareness campaign to help rescue victims of human trafficking. Earlier, Horn was president of the National Fatherhood Initiative. Contact Tourang Nazari in public relations at 703.885.6233 or tnazari@deloitte.com.
U.S. / State Government Sector
Deloitte Consulting LLP
12010 Sunset Hills Road
Suite 500
Reston, VA 20190
703.885.6000
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/press_release/0,1014,s...
Horn is an adviser to health and human services clients of Deloitte Consulting’s state government practice. Before joining Deloitte in 2007, he'd been assistant secretary for ACF since 2001. While there, Horn worked to increase the effectiveness of Head Start and early childhood education programs, promote positive youth development and build partnerships with community and faith-based organizations in delivering social services to the poor. Additionally, Horn launched a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents and a public awareness campaign to help rescue victims of human trafficking. Earlier, Horn was president of the National Fatherhood Initiative. Contact Tourang Nazari in public relations at 703.885.6233 or tnazari@deloitte.com.
Daniel Schneider Ph.D.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
370 L'Enfant Plaza Promenade SW
Washington, DC 20201
202.690.5977; Daniel.Schneider@HHS.GOV
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/orgs/bios/schneider.htm...
Schneider became acting assistant secretary in April 2007. ACF oversees programs that promote the social and economic well-being of America’s children, youth and families. Before joining ACF, Schneider served as the general counsel at the National Endowment for the Humanities. During his NEH appointment, he spent a year as deputy associate director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
370 L'Enfant Plaza Promenade SW
Washington, DC 20201
202.690.5977; Daniel.Schneider@HHS.GOV
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/orgs/bios/schneider.htm...
Schneider became acting assistant secretary in April 2007. ACF oversees programs that promote the social and economic well-being of America’s children, youth and families. Before joining ACF, Schneider served as the general counsel at the National Endowment for the Humanities. During his NEH appointment, he spent a year as deputy associate director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.
Jack Tweedie, Program Director, Children and Families Program
National Conference of State Legislatures
1560 Broadway, Suite 700
Denver, CO 80202
303.364.7700; jack.tweedie@ncsl.org
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/press/contact.htm...
Tweedie directs the National Conference of State Legislature’s Children and Families Program. He oversees NCSL’s assistance to state legislatures on welfare and poverty, child welfare, early education and child care, and youth. His current efforts focus on state Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) flexibility and state strategies to reduce child and family poverty. He provides technical assistance to states considering policy changes in TANF and poverty programs. He has helped the states maintain successful programs and services, improve key outcomes such as job retention and advancement for parents leaving work for welfare, while meeting the higher federal work participation rates. He leads NCSL’s effort to help states develop broad-based strategies to reduce family poverty and reduce the effects of children growing up in poverty. He also works with state officials on strengthening supports for low-income working families, collaboration between human services and other agencies, the effects of tight state budgets on human service programs and efforts to strengthen marriage and fatherhood. Tweedie has written several articles in State Legislatures magazine on welfare reform, welfare to work, and states’ efforts to support healthy marriages. Before joining NCSL in 1995, he taught political science and public policy at the University of Denver and the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington State University and a Ph.D. and a law degree from UC-Berkeley.
National Conference of State Legislatures
1560 Broadway, Suite 700
Denver, CO 80202
303.364.7700; jack.tweedie@ncsl.org
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/press/contact.htm...
Tweedie directs the National Conference of State Legislature’s Children and Families Program. He oversees NCSL’s assistance to state legislatures on welfare and poverty, child welfare, early education and child care, and youth. His current efforts focus on state Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) flexibility and state strategies to reduce child and family poverty. He provides technical assistance to states considering policy changes in TANF and poverty programs. He has helped the states maintain successful programs and services, improve key outcomes such as job retention and advancement for parents leaving work for welfare, while meeting the higher federal work participation rates. He leads NCSL’s effort to help states develop broad-based strategies to reduce family poverty and reduce the effects of children growing up in poverty. He also works with state officials on strengthening supports for low-income working families, collaboration between human services and other agencies, the effects of tight state budgets on human service programs and efforts to strengthen marriage and fatherhood. Tweedie has written several articles in State Legislatures magazine on welfare reform, welfare to work, and states’ efforts to support healthy marriages. Before joining NCSL in 1995, he taught political science and public policy at the University of Denver and the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington State University and a Ph.D. and a law degree from UC-Berkeley.
Kenneth Wolfe
ACF Acting Deputy Director
Administration on Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
202.401.9215; kenneth.wolfe@acf.hhs.gov
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/index.html...
ACF funds state, territory, local and tribal organizations to improve the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities. It oversees roughly 60 programs involving child welfare and child support, Head Start, child care, family violence, fatherhood and marriage.
ACF Acting Deputy Director
Administration on Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
202.401.9215; kenneth.wolfe@acf.hhs.gov
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/index.html...
ACF funds state, territory, local and tribal organizations to improve the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities. It oversees roughly 60 programs involving child welfare and child support, Head Start, child care, family violence, fatherhood and marriage.
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