UPCOMING EVENT
Friday, May 16, 2008
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Washington, DC
The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center and the Center on Children and Families at Brookings Institution are cosponsoring a series of three seminars to share the lessons learned to date from research and the experience of over 300 healthy marriage and relationship programs located across the USA serving diverse populations. In this seminar on May 16, researchers, program administrators and program participants will focus on key lessons learned about the economic factors that affect couples' lives. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Rebecca M. Blank and Brian Kovak, May 2008, The Brookings Institution
There are a growing number of low-income single mothers who are long-term welfare recipients or are without steady employment. They tend to face more barriers to stable employment, with less education, younger children, higher rates of mental and physical health problems and substance abuse, and a history of domestic violence. This brief proposes a new program to link these mothers to medical and economic supports and give them greater assistance in securing employment. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Washington, DC
The Center on Children and Families and the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy held a forum to discuss the policy challenges posed by single mothers who have not been able to find stable employment and who may have used up their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families eligibility or face sanctions. These women head the families that are most vulnerable to the current economic downswing. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julia B. Isaacs and Phillip Lovell, April 2008, First Focus
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elisabeth Jacobs, April 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David F. Garrison, Marni D. Allen, Margery Austin Turner, Jennifer Comey, Barika X. Williams, Elizabeth Guernsey, Mary Filardo, Nancy Huvendick and Ping Sung, April 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Washington, DC
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Hague, Netherlands
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ron Haskins, Elisabeth Hirschhorn Donahue and Marisa Nightingale, Spring 2008, Future of Children Policy Brief
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julia B. Isaacs, March 2008, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
PAST EVENT
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Washington, DC
PAST EVENT
Monday, March 17, 2008
Washington, DC
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Hugh B. Price and Oliver W. Sloman, January 31, 2008, McClatchy-Tribune
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eloise Pasachoff, January 2008, CCF Working Paper