Sunday, June 4, 2006

4:00-7:30 p.m.

Pre-Registration and Information Desk Open

Monday, June 5, 2006

8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Registration and Information Desk Open

9:00-9:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Naomi Goldstein
Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Administration for Children and Families

Admiralty Ballroom
Plaza Level

9:30-11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Healthy Marriage Relationships

• Understanding the Religious Factor: Norms, Decency, and Relationship Quality among Urban Parents (ppt)
• W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia
• Evaluation of the Partners for Fragile Families Demonstration Projects (ppt)
• Pamela Holcomb, The Urban Institute
• Supporting Healthy Marriage (ppt)
• Virginia Knox, MDRC

Adolescent Parents

• Did Welfare Reform Influence the Fertility of Young Teens? (ppt)
• Leonard M. Lopoo, Syracuse University
• Thomas DeLeire, Congressional Budget Office
• The Timing and Circumstances of Early Fatherhood (ppt)
• Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University
• Felicia Yang, Cornell University
• Kathryn Hynes, The Pennsylvania State University

Child Support I

• Benefits and Costs of Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policy (ppt)
• Laura Wheaton, The Urban Institute
• Incarceration Among Non-Custodial Parents: Implications for Welfare and Child Support Programs (ppt)
• Pamela Ovwigho, University of Maryland
• Determinants of Child Support Arrears (ppt)
• Elaine Sorensen, The Urban Institute

Rural TANF

• The Development and Implementation of Building Nebraska Families: A promising Welfare-to-Work Intervention in Rural Nebraska (ppt)
• Marilyn Fox, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• The Impacts of a Home Visitation and Life Skills Education Program for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients: Recent Findings from the Rural Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Evaluation (ppt)
• Alicia Meckstroth, Mathematica Policy Research
• Rural TANF Recipients: How They Fare Over Time (ppt)
• Elizabeth Dolan, University of New Hampshire
• Bonnie Braun, University of Maryland

Poverty Patterns

• The Decline of the Underclass (ppt)
• Paul A. Jargowsky, University of Texas at Dallas
• Why Did Poverty Rise in 2004? A Preliminary Analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's Poverty Report (ppt)
• Brian Cadena, University of Michigan
• James Sallee, University of Michigan

11:00-11:15 a.m.

Break

Admiralty Foyer
Plaza Level

11:15 a.m.-Noon

TANF Reauthorization (ppt)
Wade F. Horn, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Admiralty Ballroom
Plaza Level

12:00-1:30 p.m.

Lunch  (on-your-own)

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Healthy Marriage

• Community Healthy Marriage Initiative - Implementation in Idaho and Michigan (ppt)
• Anupa Bir, Research Triangle Institute
• Natasha Pilkauskas, Research Triangle Institute
• Five Year Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program on Marriage Among Never-Married Mothers (ppt)
• Anna Gassman- Pines, New York University

Welfare and Income

• Consumption, Income, and Material Well-Being After Welfare Reform (ppt)
• James X. Sullivan, University of Notre Dame
• The Effect of Specific Welfare Policies on Poverty (ppt)
• Caroline Ratcliffe, The Urban Institute
• Signe-Mary McKernan, The Urban Institute

Evaluation of Employment Programs

• Stable Employment and Wage Progression: Findings from the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project (ppt)
• Gayle Hamilton, MDRC
• The Evidence is in the Model: A Successful Regional Workforce Initiative and an Innovative Evaluation Model (ppt)
• Memo Diriker, Salisbury University
• Ellen Payne, Worcester County Department of Social Services
• Colorado Works: Strategies for Helping Families Move to Long-Term Self-Sufficiency (ppt)
• Mary Farrell, The Lewin Group

Marriage and Fatherhood

• Results from the National Survey of Family Growth
• Gladys Martinez, National Center for Health Statistics
• Jo Jones, National Center for Health Statistics
• Patterns of Union Formation Since PRWORA (ppt)
• Deborah R. Graefe, Pennsylvania State University
• TANF Participation and Marriage (ppt)
• Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Columbia University

Childcare and Employment

• Child Care Subsidy Use and Employment Outcomes of TANF Mothers During Early Years of Welfare Reform: Three State Study (ppt)
• Robert M. Goerge, University of Chicago
• The Effect of Childcare Studies on Work Behavior: A Three State Comparison (ppt)
• Lisa Gennetian, MDRC

3:00-3:30 p.m.

Break

Admiralty Foyer
Plaza Level

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Responsible Fatherhood (ppt)

Ronald Mincy
Columbia University

Admiralty Ballroom
Plaza Level

4:45-6:00 p.m.

Networking Meeting

Crystal Room
Plaza Level

Tuesday, June 6, 2006

8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Registration and Information Desk Open

Admiralty Foyer
Plaza Level

8:30-10:00 a.m.

What We Know from the First Phase of Welfare Reform, What We Need to Learn from the Current Phase

Ronald Haskins (ppt)
Co-Director
Center on Children and Families
The Brookings Institution

Robert Rector (ppt)
Senior Research Fellow, Domestic Policies
The Heritage Foundation

Isabel Sawhill (ppt)
Vice President and Director, Economic Studies
Co-Director Center on Children and Families
The Cabot Family Chair
The Brookings Institution

Admiralty Ballroom
Plaza Level

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Break

Admiralty Foyer
Plaza Level

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Work and Family

• Do Work Hours Matter? Exploring the Effect of Work Hours on Low-Income Adolescents Using Instrumental Variables Estimation
• JoAnn Hsueh, MDRC
• Economic Conditions and Children's Living Arrangements (ppt)
• Rebecca A. London, University of California-Santa Cruz
• Ready4Work: An Ex-prisoner Re-entry Initiative (ppt)
• Wendy S. McClanahan, Public/Private Ventures

Disaster Recovery

• Employment Issues and Challenges in Post-Katrina New Orleans
• Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
• Identifying and Serving the Needs of Longer Term Child and Adolescent Disaster Victims presentation (ppt)| handout (doc)
• Larry Kreuger, University of Missouri-Columbia

New Uses of Administrative and Surveillance Data

• Geographic Distribution of Three Programs Over Time: AFDC - TANF, Food Stamps and MA in Wisconsin, 1996 and 1999 Compared to 2004 - A Geocoding and GIS Application (ppt)
• Philip E. Klein, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
• Modeling Eligibility for Maryland's Food Stamp Program Using Survey and Administrative Records (ppt)
• Jane Staveley, University of Baltimore
• Cynthia Taeuber, University of Baltimore

Approaches to Advancement for Low-Wage Workers

• Introduction to Approaches
• Howard Rolston, The Brookings Institution
• A Review of the Literature
• Gordon Berlin, MDRC
• Practical Considerations in Implementation
• Don Winstead, Florida Department of Children and Families

Building Strong Families (ppt)

• Introduction to Building Strong Families
• Alan Hershey, Mathematica Policy Research
• Couples Getting it Right: Learning Skills for a Great Relationship and Marriage
• Robin Dion, Mathematica Policy Research
• Strengthening Prospects for Healthy Marriage Among Unmarried Couples: Early Lessons from the Building Strong Families Project
• Sarah Avellar, Mathematica Policy Research
• Designing an Evaluation of Relationship Skills and Marriage Education Programs
• Sheena McConnell, Mathematica Policy Research

11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Lunch (on-your-own)

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Large Marriage Penalties: Do They Really Make Sense? (ppt)

Eugene Steuerle
The Urban Institute

Admiralty Ballroom
Plaza Level

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Break

Admiralty Foyer
Plaza Level

2:45-4:15 p.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Relationship Skills for Adolescents

• Saturation Abstinence Education: An Application of Social Marketing (ppt)
• Mary Anne Raymond, Clemson University
• A Synthesis of Evidence on the Effectiveness of Health and Sex Education Programs (ppt)
• Lauren Scher, University of Pennsylvania
• The “Healthy Couples, Healthy Children: Targeting Youth” Project 2005-2010 (ppt)
• Francesca Adler-Bader, Auburn University
• Jennifer Kerpelman, Auburn University

Child Support II

• Emerging Issues in Paternity Establishment
• Susan Paikin, Xtria
• Enhancing Child Support Efforts Through Improved Use of Information on Debtor Income (ppt)
• Karen Gardiner, The Lewin Group
• Longitudinal Analysis of Trends in the Child Support Program and Population (ppt)
• Angela Ingram-Jones, ACF Office of Child Support Enforcement
• Sara Douglas, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

TANF Topics

• Between Reform and Reauthorization: Income and Work Supports in Cleveland and Philadelphia, 2000-2005 (ppt)
• David Seith, MDRC
• Sarah Rich, MDRC
• High Cost or High Opportunity Cost? Transportation and Family Economics
• Margy Waller, The Center For Community Change
• Welfare and the Multi-faceted Decision to Move (ppt)
• Michael A. Bailey, Georgetown University

Perspectives on Income Security Programs

• TANF and SSI: Is it Time for a System Change? (doc)
• David Butler, MDRC
• David Wittenburg, Mathematica Policy Research
• Welfare Policies, Food Stamp Policies, the Economy, and the Food Stamp Caseload (doc)
• Jacob Klerman, RAND
• Unemployment Insurance for Working Single Mothers
• Andrew Stettner, National Employment Law Project

Marriage and Work: A Discussion of Family Dynamics and Program Ideas

• Toby Herr (ppt) | handouts (doc), Project Match/Erikson Institute
• Robert I. Lerman (ppt), The Urban Institute and American University
• Bill Coffin, Administration for Children and Families

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

7:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.

WREC Participants Luggage Storage / Pick-up

8:00 a.m.-Noon

Registration and Information Table Open

8:30-8:45 a.m.

Remarks

Naomi Goldstein
Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Administration for Children and Families

Coleen Collins
President, National Association for Welfare Research Statistics
Wyoming Department of Family Services

Admiralty Ballroom
Plaza Level

8:45-9:45 a.m.

State and Federal Perspectives on Reauthorization (ppt) | handouts (pdf)

Don Winstead
Deputy Secretary
Florida Department of Children and Families

Admiralty Ballroom
Plaza Level

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Break

Admiralty Foyer
Plaza Level

10:15-11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Moving to Ownership

• Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households (ppt)
• Signe-Mary McKernan, The Urban Institute
• Adam Carasso, The Urban Institute
• The Effect of IDAs on Low-Income Asset Accumulation (ppt)
• Greg Mills, Abt Associates

Labor Market Outcomes and Income Dynamics

• Income Trajectories and Program Dependence in Three American Cities (ppt)
• Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
• Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation: Early Assessments (ppt)
• Lauren Cates, MDRC
• John Martinez, MDRC

Family Patterns

• The Consequences of Multi-Partnered Fertility for Parental Resources and Relationships (ppt)
• Marcia Carlson, Columbia University
• Families Across Households: Who Gets Counted and Implications for Family Functioning (ppt)
• Kristin Seefeldt, University of Michigan

Child Care Subsidies (ppt)

• Child Care Subsidy Access and Retention
• Gina Adams, The Urban Institute
• Why Low Income Families Do Not Use Subsidies
• Marsha Weinraub, Temple University

Tools for Researchers and Administrators

• Why Child Poverty Estimates Differ Using the American Community Survey and Current Population Survey (ppt)
• Maximilian Schmeiser, Cornell University
• Marriage Calculator: Financial Consequences of Marriage Decisions (ppt)
• Gretchen Rowe, The Urban Institute
• Data Warehouses in Nine States (ppt)
• Karen Gardiner, The Lewin Group

11:45

Conference Adjourns