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An Economic Studies and Center on Children and Families Event

Low-Income Car Ownership: New Policy for Employment and Family Well-Being

U.S. Economy, Income Distribution, Children & Families, Transportation

Event Summary

Research suggests that having a car is a worthwhile investment for better outcomes among low-income families. At this meeting, researchers and program operators reviewed the research evidence, and discussed the policy implications and recent federal legislative proposals to improve access to car ownership opportunities for the working poor.

Event Information

When

Monday, December 05, 2005
10:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Where

Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Map

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

Email: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

Agenda

10:30 Welcome and Overview - Margy Waller
  
10:40 Presentations on Existing Knowledge
Evelyn Blumenberg, UCLA: Transportation and Low-Income Households (ppt) 
  
Margy Waller, Brookings: Making Connections 10 City Survey (ppt) 
    
Susan Crane, PortJobs: Evaluation of Working Wheels, Seattle (ppt)
  
Jeff Faulkner: Ways to Work Evaluation (ppt) 
  
Carolyn Hayden, National Economic Development Law Center: Field Scans, Low-Income Car Ownership Programs, 2001 and 2004 (ppt)  

Q and A
Moderator - Harry Holzer, Georgetown University and Urban Institute 

 

12:30 Lunch
1:00 Introduction
Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution  

Policy Presentations
Margy Waller, Brookings: Policy History and Current Proposals (ppt)
  
Jeff Lubell, Center for Housing Policy: Family Self Sufficiency Program (HUD) (ppt)
  
Marty Schwartz, Vehicles for Change and Peter Kilde, Jumpstart: Policy Recommendations from the field (ppt)
    
Discussion
Moderator - Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution

 

2:30 Conclude


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