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.
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