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			Monday, July 31, 2000 Opening Session Welfare Reform: Another Perspective on Unfinished Business & New Challenges Keynote Address: Dr. Ronald Haskins, Staff Director Subcommittee on Human Resources Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives Keynote Address: Dr. Wendell Primus, Director for Income Security, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.
			Concurrent Session I A: New Tools for a New Era Using Business Intelligence Tools to Analyze Welfare Data: The Yellow Highlighters of the 21st Century Scott Gall and Roger Ward, Hamilton County Department of Human Services, Cincinnati, OH Bringing it to the Desktop: Assessing Welfare Reform Performance Over the Web Dean Duncan, Kimberly Flair, Rosemary Hallberg, Hye-Chung Monica Kum, Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Suzanne Marshall, Economic Independence Services, North Carolina Division of Social Services Community Demographics Every Year for Strategic Planning: Uses of the American Community Survey for Welfare Research Cynthia M. Taeuber, Bureau of the Census and Jacob France Center, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, David Stevens, Jacob France Center and Julia Lane, Urban Institute and Bureau of the Census
			B: Children, Child Welfare & Welfare Reform Assessing Child Well-Being and Welfare Reform Laurie Deppman, Washington State Department of Health Impact of Welfare Reform on Foster Care and Child Welfare: A Case Study Kathleen Wells and Shenyang Guo, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Child Maltreatment in Delaware David J. Fein and Wang Lee, Abt Associates, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
			F: Potpourri Tracking Progress towards Self-Sufficiency: A Proposed Measure and Initial Report of CalWORKs Recipient Status during the Early Stages of Welfare Reform Rex S. Green and Richard Speiglman, Public Health Institute, Cupertino, California Barriers to Self-Sufficiency across Racial and Ethnic Groups: The Status of Current and Former Welfare Recipients Delia Olufokunbi, Ph.D.,Caliber Associates, Fairfax, VA and Roger A. Boothroyd, Ph.D.,Dep't of Mental Health Law & Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida A Survey of the Impact of Welfare Reform on Homeless Shelters in Missouri Larry W. Kreuger, Ph.D. School of Social Work, University of Missouri-Columbia and John J. Stretch, Ph.D., School of Social Services, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO Luncheon Address How are Families on the ReservationDr. Eddie Brown Faring Under Welfare Reform?
			Concurrent Session II A: Child Support: The Rest of the Story The Effect of Child Support on Welfare Exits and Reentries Chien-Chung Huang, James P. Kunz and Irwin Garfinkel, School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York Improving the Well-Being of Children by Focusing on Low Income Non-Custodial Parents in Maryland Wendell Primus, Ph.D., Center on Budget & Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C. Gaining Access to One's Children: Findings from an Evaluation of a Visitation Program for Noncustodial Parents Robert L. Fischer, Ph.D., Families First, Atlanta, Georgia B: Housing-Based Employment Programs: Exploiting the Housing/Welfare Connection to Promote Self-Sufficiency Success in the New Welfare Environment: An Assessment of Approaches to Work in HUD's Employment and Training Initiatives Michael Fishman and Karen Gardiner, The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA Designing a Family-Centered, Housing-Based Employment Program for Welfare Families Frederica D. Kramer, Welfare Information Network, Washington, DC Discussant: Stephen Yank, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning, Development & Research, U.S. Dep't of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, D.C.
			Concurrent Session III A: Welfare Reform: Reports on Outcomes The Impact of Welfare Reform on Families Mary E. Summers, RN, Ph.D., Center for Health and Human Services, College of Health & Human Services, Joan Dworkin, MSW, Ph.D., and Candelaria Perez-Davidson, Division of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento Assessing Work First: What Challenges Face Long-term Welfare Recipients? Report 2 from the Assessing Work First series Alice Liu and Anjali Srivastava, Legal Services of New Jersey, Edison, New Jersey B: Work And Then What? How Does the Industry of Employment Affect Earnings Growth and Job Retention? An Analysis of a Work-First Approach to Welfare Reform Wang Lee and Erik Beecroft, Abt Associates, Bethesda, Maryland Employment Retention: TANF Entry and Exit Cohorts and Factors Affecting Wage Levels and Job Stability Dean Duncan, Michelle Dylan and Kim Flair, Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Helping TANF Recipients Stay Employed: Evidence from the GAPS Initiative Robert G. Wood and Diane Paulsell, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ
			C: Methods Seminar Introduction to Event History Analysis: Survival Curves, Kaplan-Meier Estimates and Cox Regression Models Barbara Needell, MSW, Ph.D, and Daniel Webster, MSW, Ph.D.,Center for Social Services Research, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California D: Welfare Reform: Urban Outcomes and Issues Before and After Welfare Reform: The Condition of New York City's Families Marcia K. Meyers, Wendy Nadich, Irwin Garfinkel, Chris Herbst, with Laura Peck, School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York Can Welfare Reform Make a Difference in a Large Urban Setting? Findings from the Los Angeles Jobs-First GAIN Evaluation Stephen Freedman, Lisa Gennetian, Jean Knab, David Navarro, Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, New York The Role of Public Transit in Moving Persons from Welfare to Work: The Case of Portland, Oregon Thomas W. Sanchez, Center for Urban Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
			E: Advancing States' Child Indicators Initiatives This panel brings together state policy-makers and administrators who are participating in the USDHHS/ASPE project, Advancing Child Indicators Initiatives. The overall aims are to promote state efforts to develop and monitor indicators of the health and well-being of children as welfare reform and other policy changes occur; and help institutionalize the use of indicator data in state and local policy work. Representatives from the 14 participating states will discuss their work and progress over the past two years. Emphasis will be placed on the strategic use of indicators to measure progress, influence policy change, communicate change, and institutionalize and maintain state investments in early care and childhood at the state and local level. Mairead Reidy, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago Janice Treakle, Maryland Department of Education Claudia Shanley, Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Elizabeth Tobin Tyler, Rhode Island Kidscount Chris Johnson, Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University
			F: Potpourri on Vulnerable Populations Overview of HCFA Research Activities on Medical Assistance and Vulnerable Populations David Baugh and Penny Pine, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD Health Conditions, Utilization and Expenditures of Children in Foster Care Margo Rosenbach, Ph.D., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and Laura Feig Radel, MPP, Office of the Ass't Secretary for Planning and Evalution, U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Services, Washington, D.C.