Conference on TANF Reauthorization and Housing Policy: Cross-Cutting Implications

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at Brookings presented a conference on the cross-cutting implications of TANF reauthorization and housing policy.

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 Continental breakfast; registration

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome; goals and expectations for the day Bruce Katz, Brookings Urban Center and Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

9:15 – 10:30 Panel I: State/Local Views on Importance of Housing Issues and Programs to Welfare Reform

Moderator:
Barbara Sard, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Panelists:
Feather Houstoun, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Barbara DeGraaf, Assistant Director, Office of County Operations, New Jersey Division of Family Development
    presentation (.ppt): Welfare and Housing in New Jersey
William C. Rohe, Professor and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Studies, UNC at Chapel Hills
    presentation (.ppt): The Role of Housing in Welfare Reform: The Experience of the North Carolina TANF/Housing Pilot Program

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:00 Panel II: What Research Tells Us About the Importance of Housing Issues and Programs to Welfare Reform

Moderator:
Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Panelists:
Jeffrey M. Lubell, HUD Office of Policy Development & Research
    presentation (.ppt); Overview of Research on the Role of Housing Assistance in Welfare Reform Efforts
Jens Ludwig, Georgetown/Brookings
James Riccio, MDRC
    presentation (.ppy): Employment Experiences of Welfare Recipients in Assisted and Unassisted Housing
Sheila Zedlewski, Urban Institute 
    presentation (.ppt): The Importance of Housing Benefits to Success in Leaving Welfare

12:00 -1:00 Lunch Speakers: Senator Jack Reed, Rhode Island and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino 
Mayor Menino’s Address (PDF) 
Senator Reed’s Address (PDF)

1:15 – 2:15 Discussion of Housing-related TANF Proposals

Moderator:
Mark Greenberg, Center on Law and Social Policy
Commentators:
John Monahan, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Doug Steiger, Majority Staff, Senate Finance Committee
Carla Javits, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Barbara Sard, CBPP
Ophelia B. Basgal, Dublin and Alameda County Housing Authority (CA)

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:45 Discussion of TANF-related Housing Proposals

Moderator:
Bruce Katz, Brookings Urban Center
Commentators:
Clinton Jones, Majority Staff, House Banking and Financial Services Committee
Jonathan Miller, Majority Staff, Senate Banking Committee
Joe Errigo, CommonBond, MN
John Sidor, Helix Corporation
Ed Williams, ENPHRONT
Jennifer O’Neil, CHAC, Inc.

3:45-4:00 Wrap-up: Bruce Katz, Brookings Urban Center