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12th Annual ACF/OPRE Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference

2009 Agenda and Session Footage

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Thursday | Friday

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

4–6 p.m.

Registration and Information Desk Open

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

7:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Registration and Information Desk Open

8:30 a.m.

windows media player iconWelcome and Introduction to the Conference

Naomi Goldstein, Director, OPRE

8:45 a.m.

windows media player icon Plenary I: Social Experiments – Past, Present, and Future

Moderator: Larry Orr
Speaker: Rebecca Maynard – University of Pennsylvania
Discussants: Robert Moffitt – Johns Hopkins University
Judy Gueron – MDRC

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

windows media player icon Plenary II: Anti-Poverty Policy and Strategies for Improved Wellbeing

Moderator: Tim Smeeding – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Speakers: Mark Greenberg – Georgetown University/Center for American Progress
Robert Greenstein – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
David Ellwood – Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
Discussant: Mary Jo Bane – Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government

12:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

1:30 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

windows media player icon Plenary III: Opportunity, Stability, and Progression in Employment

Speakers:

Heather Boushey – Center for American Progress
Gayle Hamilton, MDRC

Discussants: Peg Walton – National Association of Manufacturers
Harry Holzer – Urban Institute/Georgetown University

4:45 p.m.

Day One Adjourns

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

7:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Registration and Information Desk Open

8:30 a.m.

windows media player icon Plenary V: The Status of U.S. Children

Moderator: Kristin Moore – Child Trends
Speakers: Patrick McCarthy – Annie E. Casey Foundation
Katherine Wallman – Office of Management and Budget
Discussants: Sheldon Danziger – University of Michigan
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn – Columbia University
Hiro Yoshikawa – Harvard University

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

12:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

1:30 p.m.

windows media player icon Plenary VI: Engaging Individuals with Barriers to Work through Paid Employment and Transitional Jobs

Moderator: LaDonna Pavetti, Mathematica Policy Research
Speakers: Cliff Johnson – National League of Cities
Dan Bloom – MDRC
Linda Johnson – Georgia Department of Labor

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Breakout Sessions

4:45 p.m.

windows media player icon Perspectives from the Obama Administration

Speakers: John Monahan – US Department of Health and Human Services
Martha Coven – Domestic Policy Council
Robert Gordon – Office of Management and Budget

5:45 p.m.

Day Two Adjourns

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Friday, May 29, 2009

7:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Registration and Information Desk Open

8:30 a.m.

windows media player icon Plenary VIII: A Roundtable on the Role of Policy Research in State and Local Policymaking

Moderator: Jack Tweedie, National Conference of State Legislatures
Speakers: Julie Kerksick – State of Wisconsin, Department of Human Services
Don Winstead – State of Florida
Demetra Nightingale – Johns Hopkins
Mike Fishman

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

  • Understanding the Limitations and Potential of TANF Recipients' Employability
  • Policies and Programs to Support Low-Income Families II
  • Implementation of Voluntary Programs to Promote Healthy Relationships
  • Promoting Youth Development

12:00 p.m.

windows media player icon Plenary IX: Going Forward: Lessons Learned and Implications for Policy and Research

Moderator: Olivia Golden – Urban Institute
Speakers: Mark Greenberg – University/Center for American Progress
Ron Haskins – Brookings Institution
Margaret Simms – Urban Institute

1:00 p.m.

Conference Adjourns

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