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SCHEDULE FOR THE NAWRS 41ST
ANNUAL WORKSHOP Opening Session (Chesapeake Ballroom)
8:30 am to 10:30 am Call
to Order- Rich Larson, President,
NAWRS Welcome
and Introduction of Speaker - Emelda P.
Johnson, Secretary, Maryland Department of Human Resources As
this program went to press, the speaker we had hoped for unexpectedly had to
cancel. Speaker
for this time slot will be advertised at Registration Concurrent Sessions I-A to I-F.... 10:45
am to 12:15 pm Concurrent
Session I-A (Potomac) The
ABAWD Provisions: How Have Time
Limits Affected The Food Stamp Program? Policies and Implementation of ABAWD Provisions Scott
Cody and Sheena McConnell, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Number
and Characteristics of ABAWD Participants John
L. Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Meeting
the Work Requirement Nuria
Rodriguez-Planas, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Concurrent
Session I-B (Camden) Elan
Melamid,
RAND Graduate School Factors Affecting Poor Relief in Indiana Marilyn
E. Klotz,
Paul Kirby, and Kathryn Byers, Institute for Family and Social Responsibility,
Indiana University Process and Performance Measures in an Ohio County Welfare System Stephen
C. Godek,
Community Consulting Services Concurrent
Session I-C (Loch Raven II) Wisconsin
at the Crossroads: Using Research
to Inform the Next Stage of Welfare Reform What is a "Case" in Post-Reform
Wisconsin? Reconciling Caseload
with Workload Rebecca
Swartz,
Hudson Institute Wisconsin Works:
Meeting the Needs of Harder to Serve Populations Kelly
Mikelson,
The Urban Institute Toward Work Stability and Advancement:
The Next Stage of Welfare Reform Tom
Corbett and
Rachel Weber, Institute for Research on Poverty Concurrent
Session I-D (Chesapeake II) Welfare
Reform Reauthorization: How
Information, Data, and Research Will Be Used to Inform Congress During the
Upcoming Debate This
panel will discuss how available data and research on the effects of the 1996
welfare reform law are likely to inform Congress during consideration of welfare
reform reauthorization. Special
attention will be given to how state research will be used by the Congressional
Research Service (CRS) in the upcoming debate.
The CRS is a nonpartisan agency that provides information and research
exclusively to congress. Karen
Spar, Melinda Gish, and Gene Falk,
Congressional Research Service Concurrent
Session I-E (Harborview Ballroom) Data and Methods Issues in Comparisons of Decennial Census Poverty Estimates with Public
Assistance Caseloads Cynthia
Taeuber and
Jane Staveley, Jacob France Center, University of Baltimore; and Rich Larson,
Family Investment Administration, Maryland Department of Human Resources Welfare Reform: Data
Available to Assess TANF's Progress Sara
E. Edmondson,
Patrick D. DiBattista, Andrea
R. Sykes, and Stephen S. Langley, III, U.S. General Accounting Office Concurrent
Session I-F (Loch Raven I ) New
Issues in Child Support Making Child Support Safe: Coordinating
Child Support and Public Assistance Agencies in Response to Domestic Violence Amy
Johnson and Ali Stieglitz, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Automated Cost-of-Living Adjustments of Child
Support Orders in Three States Michael
Fishman and Karen Gardiner, The Lewin Group State Child Support Outcomes and the Devolution of Federal Initiatives
and Incentives Judith Cassetty and Royce Hutson, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison Concurrent
Sessions II-A to II-F... 1:45 pm to
3:15 pm
Concurrent
Session II-A (Potomac) Making
the Labor Market Work for You (and Your Clients) The MOVE Program Lorene
Valentino,
Tulare County (CA) Office of Education Job Accessibility for Recipients of Temporary Cash Assistance in
Baltimore City Richard
Clinch and Jane Staveley, Jacob France Center, University of Baltimore How Well Have Rural and Small Metropolitan Markets Absorbed Welfare
Recipients? David
C. Stapleton,
Cornell Center for Policy Research, Mary
Farrell, Selen Opcin, and Michael Fishman, The Lewin Group Concurrent
Session II-B (Loch Raven I) National
Studies: Welfare to Work, TANF, and Social Services Block Grants Implementing Welfare-to-Work Programs in Big Cities:
Lessons for the Reauthorization of PRWORA Thomas
Brock and Laura Nelson, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation Variations in TANF Program Rules Across the States Gretchen
Rowe, Tracy Roberts, and Linda
Giannarelli, The Urban Institute Reporting and Analyzing Social Services Block Grant Program Data Gila
Shusterman,
Walter R. McDonald & Associates; and Marsha
Werner, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services Concurrent
Session II-C (Loch Raven II) A
View of TANF Implementation in Two States Work, Welfare, and Well-Being: An Independent Look at Welfare Reform in Illinois Amy
Bush Stevens, Amber Stitziel Pareja,
Dan A. Lewis, and Kristen L. Shook, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern
University Results from the New Mexico TANF Longitudinal Study Phil
Richardson,
MAXIMUS, Inc., and Jeff Repichowski,
New Mexico Human Services Department Concurrent Session II-D (Chesapeake
II) What's
Next After Screening and Assessment? Service
and Treatment Strategies for Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Domestic
Violence in the Context of Time-Limited Welfare Depression and Low-Income Women: Challenges
for TANF and Welfare-to-Work Programs Mary
Clare Lennon,
Juliana Blome, and Kevin English, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University Identification and Services for Substance Abuse within a Welfare to Work
Agenda Mary
Nakashian,
Consultant, Public Policy and Management Barriers to Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence Service
Utilization by Welfare Recipients Richard
M. Tolman
and Daniel Rosen, Poverty Research and Training Center, University of Michigan;
and Scott Allard, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse
University Concurrent
Session II-E (Harborview Ballroom) The
Use of Child Indicators in Policy Planning, Development and Evaluation Panelists
are policy makers and administrators who have participated in the DHHS-sponsored
project Advancing States’ Child Indicators Initiative.
The panelists will discuss lessons learned over the last three years, the
factors and contexts that influence how child indicators get used at the state
and local levels, and the role of child indicators in policy planning,
development, and evaluation. Gwen
Angelet. Deleware
Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, David Ayer, Maryland Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and
Families, Cathie Walsh, Rhode Island
Kids Count Program, Mairead
Reidy, Chapin Hall Center For Children, University of Chicago; and Martha
Moorehouse, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Concurrent
Session II-F (Camden) Staffing
Issues in the Human Services Hiring and Keeping Good Staff: A
Study of Public Child Welfare Workforce Problems and Strategies Gary
Cyphers,
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) Public Assistance Workers in a Welfare-to-Work Environment:
The Right People for the Jobs Radha
Jagannathan,
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University; and Michael J. Camasso, Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers
University Does Reduced Work-Client Ratio Improve the Situation of Placement for
Children in Foster Care? Yes. No,
or Maybe: Evidence from Maryland Ashraf
Ahmad,
Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University
Moderator: Nancy
Wiggins,
Hennepin County, Minnesota Concurrent Sessions III-A to III-F 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Concurrent Session
III-A (Potomac) The
Impact of Welfare Reform on Young Mother's Economic Outcomes, Birthrates, and
Marital Status The Effects of Welfare and Tax Reform:
The Material Well-Being of Single Mothers in the 1980s and 1990s Bruce
D. Meyer and
James X. Sullivan, Department of Economics, Northwestern University Barbara
Blake, Texas
Woman's University, Texas Department of Human Services The Long-Term Impact of AFDC and Poverty on Young Women's Marital and
Economic Outcomes Thomas
P. Vartanian
and Justine M. McNamara, Graduate School of Social Work and Social
Research, Bryn Mawr College Moderator:
Leslie Raderman, California Department of Social Services Concurrent
Session III-B (Loch Raven I) Program
Participation Issues An Evaluation of Welfare Recipients' Knowledge of Program Rules after
Reform in Ohio Jill
Dannemiller,
Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State University Using Technology to Increase Program Participation:
Lessons from the Multnomah County Eligibility Estimator Van
T. Le,
Multnomah County (OR) Office of Budget and Quality, and John W. Tapogna,
ECONorthwest Data
Processing Techniques for Generating Information on Welfare Participation and
Case Outcomes Utilizing Administrative Data:
Examples from a Study of the New Mexico Welfare Program Robert
L. Bleimann,
MAXIMUS, and Jeffery Repichowski, New
Mexico Human Services Department Moderator: Catherine Born, School of Social Work, University of Maryland Concurrent
Session III-C (Loch Raven II) Issues
of Workforce Development, Job Retention, and Job Advancement Workforce Development, Employment Retention and Program Attendance:
Identifying Critical Success Factors for Welfare Recipients Dent
C. Davis,
Institute for Work and Learning Is Work Enough? Experiences of Current and Former Welfare Mothers Who
Work Rebecca
Widom,
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation; Denise Polit, Humanalysis, Inc.;
Kathryn Edin, IPR Northwestern University; Ellen Scott, Kent State University;
Abel Valenzuela, Center for the Study of Urban Poverty, University of California
at Los Angeles; Stan L. Bowie, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee Structuring an Incentive Program to Promote Job Retention and
Advancement: Analyzing the
Differences between High and Low Performers Post-Welfare Marilyn
Edelhoch,
South Carolina Department of Social Services; Barbara
Medley, Center for Applied Research, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga;
and Qiduan Liu, South Carolina Department of Social Services Concurrent Session III-D (Harborview
Ballroom) Supports
for the Working Poor: Can the
Safety Net Hold? Poverty, Inequality, and Macroeconomic Performance:
A View from the States in the Welfare Reform Era Craig
Gundersen,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Jim Ziliak, Department of Economics,
University of Oregon Supports for the Working Poor: A
New Approach Michael
Fishman, The
Lewin Group, and Harold Beebout,
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Unemployment Insurance May Provide Limited Support for Former Welfare
Recipients Who Lose Their Jobs Gale
C. Harris,
Sigurd Nilsen, Nancy Peters, and Michelle Varbrugge, U.S. General Accounting
Office Concurrent
Session III-E (Chesapeake II) Implications
of THE NEW FACE OF WELFARE on the Future of Evaluations WELPAN, the Welfare
Peer Assistance Network, is a group of senior Midwest welfare officials who have
been meeting since 1996 to assess both the challenges and opportunities posed by
welfare reform. The panelists
will present highlights from recent and upcoming WELPAN reports and from a video
project on cutting edge initiatives and will initiate a dialogue with the
audience. Tom
Corbett,
Institute for Research on Poverty, Marilyn
Okon, Illinois Department of Human Services and Joel
Rabb, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Concurrent
Session III-F (Camden) Studies
on SSI and Medicaid SSI and Poverty Among the Elderly: How Might the Job Be Finished?Rachel
Kelly,
Congressional Research Service, and Michael
Wiseman, National Opinion Research Center What Explains the Decline in Medicaid Enrollment During the Early Period
of Welfare Reform?
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