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
Event
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.
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