ACF Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference

Information from 2006—9th Annual Conference

Some presentations from the 9th Annual Conference are available on this site. To see them, click on the link to the agenda (below). Presentations that have a PowerPoint available are underlined on the agenda.

2006 Conference Agenda

Sunday, June 4, 2006
4:00-7:30 p.m.	Pre-Registration and Information Desk Open
Monday, June 5, 2006
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.	Registration and Information Desk Open
9:00-9:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks Naomi Goldstein Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation Administration for Children and Families
9:30-11:00 a.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
	Healthy Marriage Relationships Understanding the Religious Factor: Norms, Decency, and Relationship Quality among Urban Parents (ppt) W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia Evaluation of the Partners for Fragile Families Demonstration Projects (ppt) Pamela Holcomb, The Urban Institute Supporting Healthy Marriage (ppt) Virginia Knox, MDRC
	Adolescent Parents Did Welfare Reform Influence the Fertility of Young Teens? (ppt) Leonard M. Lopoo, Syracuse University Thomas DeLeire, Congressional Budget Office The Timing and Circumstances of Early Fatherhood (ppt) Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University Felicia Yang, Cornell University Kathryn Hynes, The Pennsylvania State University
	Child Support I Benefits and Costs of Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policy (ppt) Laura Wheaton, The Urban Institute Incarceration Among Non-Custodial Parents: Implications for Welfare and Child Support Programs (ppt) Pamela Ovwigho, University of Maryland Determinants of Child Support Arrears (ppt) Elaine Sorensen, The Urban Institute
	Rural TANF The Development and Implementation of Building Nebraska Families: A promising Welfare-to-Work Intervention in Rural Nebraska (ppt) Marilyn Fox, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The Impacts of a Home Visitation and Life Skills Education Program for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients: Recent Findings from the Rural Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Evaluation (ppt) Alicia Meckstroth, Mathematica Policy Research Rural TANF Recipients: How They Fare Over Time (ppt) Elizabeth Dolan, University of New Hampshire Bonnie Braun, University of Maryland
	Poverty Patterns The Decline of the Underclass (ppt) Paul A. Jargowsky, University of Texas at Dallas Why Did Poverty Rise in 2004? A Preliminary Analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's Poverty Report (ppt) Brian Cadena, University of Michigan James Sallee, University of Michigan
11:00-11:15 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.-Noon	TANF Reauthorization (ppt) Wade F. Horn, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
12:00-1:30 p.m.	Lunch (on-your-own)
1:30-3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
	Healthy Marriage Community Healthy Marriage Initiative - Implementation in Idaho and Michigan (ppt) Anupa Bir, Research Triangle Institute Natasha Pilkauskas, Research Triangle Institute Five Year Effects of an Anti-Poverty Program on Marriage Among Never-Married Mothers (ppt) Anna Gassman- Pines, New York University
	Welfare and Income Consumption, Income, and Material Well-Being After Welfare Reform (ppt) James X. Sullivan, University of Notre Dame The Effect of Specific Welfare Policies on Poverty (ppt) Caroline Ratcliffe, The Urban Institute Signe-Mary McKernan, The Urban Institute
	Evaluation of Employment Programs Stable Employment and Wage Progression: Findings from the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project (ppt) Gayle Hamilton, MDRC The Evidence is in the Model: A Successful Regional Workforce Initiative and an Innovative Evaluation Model (ppt) Memo Diriker, Salisbury University Ellen Payne, Worcester County Department of Social Services Colorado Works: Strategies for Helping Families Move to Long-Term Self-Sufficiency (ppt) Mary Farrell, The Lewin Group
	Marriage and Fatherhood Results from the National Survey of Family Growth Gladys Martinez, National Center for Health Statistics Jo Jones, National Center for Health Statistics Patterns of Union Formation Since PRWORA (ppt) Deborah R. Graefe, Pennsylvania State University TANF Participation and Marriage (ppt) Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Columbia University
	Childcare and Employment Child Care Subsidy Use and Employment Outcomes of TANF Mothers During Early Years of Welfare Reform: Three State Study (ppt) Robert M. Goerge, University of Chicago The Effect of Childcare Studies on Work Behavior: A Three State Comparison (ppt) Lisa Gennetian, MDRC
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30-4:30 p.m.	Responsible Fatherhood (ppt) Ronald Mincy Columbia University
4:45-6:00 p.m.	Networking Meeting
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Tuesday, June 6, 2006
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.	Registration and Information Desk Open
8:30-10:00 a.m.	What We Know from the First Phase of Welfare Reform, What We Need to Learn from the Current Phase Ronald Haskins (ppt) Co-Director Center on Children and Families The Brookings Institution Robert Rector (ppt) Senior Research Fellow, Domestic Policies The Heritage Foundation Isabel Sawhill (ppt) Vice President and Director, Economic Studies Co-Director Center on Children and Families The Cabot Family Chair The Brookings Institution
10:00-10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15-11:45 a.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
	Work and Family Do Work Hours Matter? Exploring the Effect of Work Hours on Low-Income Adolescents Using Instrumental Variables Estimation JoAnn Hsueh, MDRC Economic Conditions and Children's Living Arrangements (ppt) Rebecca A. London, University of California-Santa Cruz Ready4Work: An Ex-prisoner Re-entry Initiative (ppt) Wendy S. McClanahan, Public/Private Ventures
	Disaster Recovery Employment Issues and Challenges in Post-Katrina New Orleans Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Identifying and Serving the Needs of Longer Term Child and Adolescent Disaster Victims presentation (ppt)\| handout (doc) Larry Kreuger, University of Missouri-Columbia
	New Uses of Administrative and Surveillance Data Geographic Distribution of Three Programs Over Time: AFDC - TANF, Food Stamps and MA in Wisconsin, 1996 and 1999 Compared to 2004 - A Geocoding and GIS Application (ppt) Philip E. Klein, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Modeling Eligibility for Maryland's Food Stamp Program Using Survey and Administrative Records (ppt) Jane Staveley, University of Baltimore Cynthia Taeuber, University of Baltimore
	Approaches to Advancement for Low-Wage Workers Introduction to Approaches Howard Rolston, The Brookings Institution A Review of the Literature Gordon Berlin, MDRC Practical Considerations in Implementation Don Winstead, Florida Department of Children and Families
	Building Strong Families (ppt) Introduction to Building Strong Families Alan Hershey, Mathematica Policy Research Couples Getting it Right: Learning Skills for a Great Relationship and Marriage Robin Dion, Mathematica Policy Research Strengthening Prospects for Healthy Marriage Among Unmarried Couples: Early Lessons from the Building Strong Families Project Sarah Avellar, Mathematica Policy Research Designing an Evaluation of Relationship Skills and Marriage Education Programs Sheena McConnell, Mathematica Policy Research
11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.	Lunch (on-your-own)
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Large Marriage Penalties: Do They Really Make Sense? (ppt) Eugene Steuerle The Urban Institute
2:30-2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45-4:15 p.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
	Relationship Skills for Adolescents Saturation Abstinence Education: An Application of Social Marketing (ppt) Mary Anne Raymond, Clemson University A Synthesis of Evidence on the Effectiveness of Health and Sex Education Programs (ppt) Lauren Scher, University of Pennsylvania The “Healthy Couples, Healthy Children: Targeting Youth” Project 2005-2010 (ppt) Francesca Adler-Bader, Auburn University Jennifer Kerpelman, Auburn University
	Child Support II Emerging Issues in Paternity Establishment Susan Paikin, Xtria Enhancing Child Support Efforts Through Improved Use of Information on Debtor Income (ppt) Karen Gardiner, The Lewin Group Longitudinal Analysis of Trends in the Child Support Program and Population (ppt) Angela Ingram-Jones, ACF Office of Child Support Enforcement Sara Douglas, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
	TANF Topics Between Reform and Reauthorization: Income and Work Supports in Cleveland and Philadelphia, 2000-2005 (ppt) David Seith, MDRC Sarah Rich, MDRC High Cost or High Opportunity Cost? Transportation and Family Economics Margy Waller, The Center For Community Change Welfare and the Multi-faceted Decision to Move (ppt) Michael A. Bailey, Georgetown University
	Perspectives on Income Security Programs TANF and SSI: Is it Time for a System Change? (doc) David Butler, MDRC David Wittenburg, Mathematica Policy Research Welfare Policies, Food Stamp Policies, the Economy, and the Food Stamp Caseload (doc) Jacob Klerman, RAND Unemployment Insurance for Working Single Mothers Andrew Stettner, National Employment Law Project
	Marriage and Work: A Discussion of Family Dynamics and Program Ideas Toby Herr (ppt) \| handouts (doc), Project Match/Erikson Institute Robert I. Lerman (ppt), The Urban Institute and American University Bill Coffin, Administration for Children and Families
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Wednesday, June 7, 2006
7:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.	WREC Participants Luggage Storage / Pick-up
8:00 a.m.-Noon	Registration and Information Table Open
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Remarks Naomi Goldstein Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation Administration for Children and Families Coleen Collins President, National Association for Welfare Research Statistics Wyoming Department of Family Services
8:45-9:45 a.m.	State and Federal Perspectives on Reauthorization (ppt) \| handouts (pdf) Don Winstead Deputy Secretary Florida Department of Children and Families
10:00-10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15-11:45 a.m.	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
	Moving to Ownership Poor Finances: Assets and Low-Income Households (ppt) Signe-Mary McKernan, The Urban Institute Adam Carasso, The Urban Institute The Effect of IDAs on Low-Income Asset Accumulation (ppt) Greg Mills, Abt Associates
	Labor Market Outcomes and Income Dynamics Income Trajectories and Program Dependence in Three American Cities (ppt) Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation: Early Assessments (ppt) Lauren Cates, MDRC John Martinez, MDRC
	Family Patterns The Consequences of Multi-Partnered Fertility for Parental Resources and Relationships (ppt) Marcia Carlson, Columbia University Families Across Households: Who Gets Counted and Implications for Family Functioning (ppt) Kristin Seefeldt, University of Michigan
	Child Care Subsidies (ppt) Child Care Subsidy Access and Retention Gina Adams, The Urban Institute Why Low Income Families Do Not Use Subsidies Marsha Weinraub, Temple University
	Tools for Researchers and Administrators Why Child Poverty Estimates Differ Using the American Community Survey and Current Population Survey (ppt) Maximilian Schmeiser, Cornell University Marriage Calculator: Financial Consequences of Marriage Decisions (ppt) Gretchen Rowe, The Urban Institute Data Warehouses in Nine States (ppt) Karen Gardiner, The Lewin Group
11:45	Conference Adjourns
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