Monday Tuesday Wednesday

 

 

Wednesday, August 28, 2002

 

Plenary Session....................................................................................... 8:30 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

 

            Introduction of Speakers – Jo Ann Day, Ph.D.

            Illinois Department of Public Aid

            Co-Chair, National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics

 

Countdown to Reauthorization: Congressional Use of Data and Research in 2002 -

Gene Falk, Vee Burke, Melinda Gish, and Emilie Stoltfus,

Congressional Research Service

 

Discussant: Michael Wiseman

 

Concurrent Sessions 6-A to 6-G........................................................... 10:30 A.M. to 12:00 Noon

 

   Concurrent Session 6-A (Colorado)

 

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

The Assistance Process in New York City: Thinking Beyond JobSTAT

Swati Desai, Ph.D., NYC Human Resources Administration, and Michael Wiseman, George Washington University

Promoting Participation Using Administrative Data: Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance Experience

Kathy Beeler and Peggy Keefe, Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance Experience

GoodWORKS!: An Analysis of a Comprehensive Welfare-To-Work Pilot Initiative

Lyn Myers, Georgia Department of Labor, William Reese, II, Augusta State University

 

      Concurrent Session 6-B (Texas)

 

CHILDREN AND WELFARE REFORM

Mothers After Welfare Reform: How are Their Families Faring?  

Presentation

Katherine Walker, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC

Welfare Children in Tennessee: Who are they and how are they doing?

Karie Barbour, Donald Bruce and Angela Thacker, Center for Business and Economic

Research, University of Tennessee

Illinois Family Cap Study

David Gruenenfelder, Illinois Department of Human Services 

  

      Concurrent Session 6-C (Nevada)

 

WORKFORCE IMPLICATIONS

Impacts of Welfare Reform on Work, Family Composition and Child Poverty in New York State

George Falco, New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

Labor Market Dynamics in New Mexico: Theory, Evidence and Implications on Workforce Research

Maurice L. Moffett, New Mexico Department of Labor

Modeling the Effects of a Work First Approach on Employment Services and TANF Participation in Minnesota

Robert Bleimann, Ph.D., MAXIMUS, Inc.

 

      Concurrent Session 6-D (Arizona)

 

TO MARRY OR NOT TO MARRY?

State Policies to Support and Promote Marriage

Michael Fishman and Karen Gardiner, The Lewin Group

Marriage Promotion: Are Men Marriageable?

Chien-Chung Huang and Ron Mincy, School of Social Work, Rutgers University

Strengthening Unmarried Parent Families Through Interventions to Encourage Stable and Healthy Marriages

Robin Dion, Sheena McConnell, Barbara Devaney, Melissa Ford, and Pamela Winston, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.       

 

      Concurrent Session 6-E (Rio Grande)

 

CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT

AND RETENTION II

The Effect of Substance Abuse on Employment Earnings, Social Well-Being and Use of Government Services among TANF Beneficiaries

Robert E. Crew, Jr., Florida State University, and Belinda C. Davis, Michigan State University

Impact of Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs, and Domestic Violence Issues on Employment and Child Well-Being of TANF Participants

Daniel Chandler and Joan Meisel, California Institute for Mental Health

Welfare, Work, and Mental Well-Being

Joachim Singelmann, Rachel Reynolds, and Theresa Davidson, Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology, Louisiana State University

 

      Concurrent Session 6-F (Parlors A&B)

 

TALES FROM THE EMPLOYED

Welfare Reform and the Illinois Experience: Second Annual report from the Illinois Families Study

Lisa Altenbernd, Amber Stitziel Pareja, Amy Bush Stevens, and Dan A. Lewis, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University 

Evaluation of Employment First: Nebraska’s Welfare Reform Program  
Presentation

Alicia Meckstroth, Michael Ponza, and Michelle Derr, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Outcomes of Policies and Programs that Promote Movement from Welfare to Work:

The Kentucky Experience

Ramona F. Stone, Ph.D., Stacy Deck Shade, and Gerard M. Barber, Ph.D., Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville     

 

      Concurrent Session 6-G (Parlors C&D)

 

MEDICAL IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS

Assessing the Impact of Welfare Reform on Chronically Ill Children

Paul Wise, MD, Wendy Chavkin, MD, Nina Wampler, Madeline Howard, Nicoleigh Hartman, and Diana Romero, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Estimating Economic Impacts of Proposed Cuts to the Long Term Health Sectors in Washington and Oregon

Summery

John Tapogna and Alec Josephson, ECONorthwest

Economic Profiles of Low Income Families with Disabled Children

Sunhwa Lee, Barbara Gault, and Gi-taek Oh, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

   

Final Session (Rio Grande)........................................................................ 2:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.

            Introduction of Speaker - Swati Desai, Ph.D.

            New York City Human Resources Administration

            Co-Chair, National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics

 

            Questions and Answers on Proposed TANF Participation Rates

            Andy Bush, Director, Office of Family Assistance,

            United States Department of Health and Human Services

 

Poster Session

 

 

Characteristics and Service Utilization Patterns of Maryland Adult Services Customers

Dorothy Ruck, Pamela C. Ovwigho, and Catherine E. Born, School of Social Work, University of Maryland

 

Demonstration of the New Mexico Human Services Department’s State System Applicant Links to Services for Assistance (SSALSA) Management Information System

Cathy L. Sisneros, New Mexico Human Services Department

 

Evaluation of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) on Access to Health Care and Public Benefits for Immigrants in New Mexico

Lisa Cacari Stone, The Helen Keller School, Brandeis University and Leah Steimel, Community Health Partnership

 

Food Stamp Use in the Three Regions of Tennessee

Fisseha Tegegne, Safdar Muhammad, Enefiok Ekanem, and Surendra Singh, Tennessee State University

 

Maryland’s Active TANF Caseload: Prevalence and Influences of Disability

Melinda L. Cordero, Catherine E. Born, and Pamela C. Ovwigho, School of Social Work, University of Maryland

 

Reauthorization Recommendations: Matrix of Legislation, Organizations, and Research Evidence

Barbara Blum, Julie Karen Alperen, and Jennifer Farnsworth Francis, Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

 

State’s TANF Rules on the Eve of Reauthorization

Gretchen Rowe and Linda Giannarelli, The Urban Institute

 

The Determinants of Compliance Rate in Child Support Enforcement

Chien-Chung Huang, School of Social Work, Rutgers University

 

Unemployment Insurance Duration in New Mexico

Rachel Moskowitz, New Mexico Department of Labor

 

Welfare Reform and Racial Disparities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Michael Bonds, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

What Independent Variables Determine U. I. Appeals

Rachel Moskowitz, New Mexico Department of Labor  

 

 

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