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Working Families and Growing Kids: Beyond Rhetoric

Policy Solutions That Support Working Families and Children -- A Discussion with Researchers from the National Research Council's Committee on Family and Work Policies

  • In-Person
  • New America
    740 15th St NW #900
    Washington, D.C. 20005
  • 12PM – 2PM EDT

The National Research Council’s Committee on Family and Work Policies
recently published a compilation of research findings on work and family
issues entitled Working Families and Growing Kids: Caring for Children and
Adolescents. Please join us for an overview of NRC’s findings in the second
in a series of Congressional Briefings. Speakers will highlight important
research on the current realities for working families, the implications for
children, and public policy responses.

Location

Dirksen 562

Washington, DC

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Participants

  • Jennifer Gootman
    Study Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council
  • Martha Zaslow
    Senior Scholar, Child Trends
  • Hirokazu Yoshikawa
    Assistant Professor of Psychology, New York University
  • Joan Lombardi
    Child and Family Policy Specialist, Former Commissioner of the Child Care Bureau
  • Karen Kornbluh
    Director, Work and Family Program, New America Foundation