Family & Children: New America Events

Bringing Back Rural America

Kirsten Gilbert — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:15:00 -0500

A New America Event
11/12/2009 - 12:00pm

Thousands of small towns in rural America are being depopulated, or hollowed out. The brightest and most ambitious young people in many communities abandon the heartland for greater challenges and rewards in cities. This is a major policy problem that has largely escaped media and political attention. What are the implications of this exodus? What trends of "smallness" can help counter it? What policies should Washington be pursuing to support small communities? Come join the… more

CA EVENT: Women & Wealth

Elizabeth Wu — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/17/2009 - 12:00pm

Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña opened the Women and Wealth Asset Policy Forum event, sponsored by the New America Foundation's Asset Building Program in partnership with the California Women's Legislative Caucus, the California Commission on the Status of Women, and the California Women's Agenda.

CA EVENT: What Does Armageddon Look Like?

Elizabeth Wu — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/09/2009 - 7:30pm

Late last year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called California’s looming budget crisis a fiscal armageddon waiting to strike. Now, as the state faces a $24 billion budget shortfall and major cuts are inevitable, doomsday seems to have come to California, and particularly to its poorest. The one-million-plus Californians on CalWorks, the state’s main welfare program, could lose monthly income beginning in July. Support for those who care for disabled Californians is set to be slashed.

Flexible Work Arrangements and Low-Wage Work

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/08/2009 - 11:30am

Low-wage workers are some of America's most vulnerable workers. In addition to the problem of having low wages, many have little input into the hours that they work and many have unpredictable work schedules, with the timing and amount of work hours fluctuating from week to week. A cascade of negative consequences can flow from being unable to alter work schedules or know them in advance - including unstable child care; difficulty accessing work supports and job training;… more

The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:57:00 -0400

A New America Event
06/03/2009 - 11:30am

Virtually all the progress made in children's well-being since 1975 - particularly the improvements of the 1990s -- will be wiped out by the current recession, according to a report released on Wed., June 3, 2009 at the New America Foundation.

Supporting a Healthier American Workplace

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:25:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/20/2009 - 9:00am

CA EVENT: California, the Crisis and the Next Social Contract

Elizabeth Wu — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
02/09/2009 - 8:00am

CA EVENT: California Working Families Policy Summit 2009

Elizabeth Wu — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
01/13/2009 - 8:00am

Please join us on January 13, 2009, for the sixth California Working Families Policy Summit, hosted by the California Center for Research on Women and Families for a stimulating day of discussion and debate about the needs and aspirations of California's working families.

Social Policy After the Economic Crisis

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:45:00 -0500

A New America Event
12/05/2008 - 12:00pm

On December 5, 2008, the New America Foundation’s Next Social Contract Initiative hosted a three panel discussion about the future of social policy after the economic downturn. David Gray, Director of the Workforce and Family Program at New America, opened the event with preliminary remarks. Karen Kornbluh, formerly of the New America Foundation, policy director in the office of Senator Barack Obama and the primary author of the 2008 Democratic Party Platform, delivered the keynote address. She was followed by a series of

An Ounce of Prevention

Communications — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
09/09/2008 - 1:30pm

After peaking in 2002, child well-being in the United States has been stagnant for five years. Meanwhile, recent data from the Child Well-Being Index shows some disturbing upward trends in child obesity and youth violence, as well as a persistent academic achievement gap. To date, public policy has not sufficiently mobilized to combat these issues before they start to affect the nation’s children. The New America Foundation brought together key policy makers and experts involved in improving child well-being to… more

Education Policy in the Next Administration

Communications — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:30:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/24/2008 - 10:30am

The pending reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act will provide the next president an opportunity to substantially reshape federal education policy. To provide a preview of what that change may look like, the New America Foundation invited ducation advisers to the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates to speak about their candidates’ education policy agendas. Lisa Graham Keegan is a former Arizona superintendent of education who advises Sen. John McCain. John Schnur is former education adviser to President Bill… more

Are Today's Teens Better Off Than Their Parents?

Communications — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:30:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/22/2008 - 10:30am

On Tuesday, July 22, 2008, the Workforce and Family Program hosted the release of the 2008 Foundation for Child Development (FCD) Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI). The event featured highlights from the 2008 CWI, including a special focus comparing the well-being of “echo boomer” teens in this decade with the well-being of their “later boomer” parents when they were teenagers. The event also featured presentations by:

Dr. Larke Huang, Senior Advisor on Children, Substance Abuse and… more

Children in the Federal Budget

Communications — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/11/2008 - 10:00am

Please join us this Friday for an important briefing about the current spending trends on children in the federal budget. At the briefing, key findings from two new reports will be discussed. Kids’ Share 2008, the second annual report published by the Urban Institute and the New America Foundation, reveals that over the past several decades, the share of federal spending on children’s programs has steadily declined. The severity of this sad trend is further illustrated in Children’s… more

Trends in the Well Being of Younger Children

Communications — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
04/25/2008 - 10:00am

How are the kids doing? Pretty well, according to a new report unveiled at the New America Foundation on April 25th, but experts still have significant concerns about the future. The report, "Trends in Infancy/Early Childhood and Middle Childhood Well-Being, 1994-2006," was authored by Dr. Kenneth Land of Duke University and funded by the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) and is part of an on-going series of events and reports hosted by the New America Foundation designed to… more

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Child Well-Being

Communications — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:30:00 -0500

A New America Event
01/29/2008 - 10:30am

Parents and policy makers have long looked to close the educational, health, economic and other gaps in child well-being between children of different backgrounds. As the 2008 campaign heats up, many are wondering about the increasingly diverse generation of America’s children and asking: Where is policy helping and failing to close the gaps between children of different backgrounds? Where do the gaps currently exist? What changes could have the greatest impact? On January 29th, we… more

The Politics of Parental Leave

Communications — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:30:00 -0500

A New America Event
11/15/2007 - 12:30pm

U.S. political candidates are beginning to produce work and family policy positions in response to what most Americans feel -- that work and family balance is a major issue facing American families. Women in particular struggle with such balance and with achieving equality in the workplace. From the floors of Congress to the campaign trails Mandating paid parental leave has often been suggested as a possible solution to such struggles. But is this approach best for women as a whole?… more

Obesity and Child Well Being

Communications — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/04/2007 - 10:45am

There is no greater problem facing America’s children than the epidemic of overweight and obesity. The Foundation for Child Development’s Child Well Being Index has concluded that the increase is obesity and overweight among children since 1975 has decreased the overall well being of children by more than 30%.

Researchers at the Center for Human Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released a study this summer predicting that unless behaviors change, by 2015, 75%… more

The Missing Class

Communications — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:30:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/01/2007 - 12:30pm

There is an increase in national attention being paid to inequality in America. While U.S. government programs help the poor and politicians on both sides raise funds from the fortunate, the “Missing Class,” those making between $20,000 to $40,000 dollars a year for a family of four, is largely ignored.

Through their experiences with nine families, Princeton professor Katherine Newman and Inthefray magazine editor Victor Tan Chen trace the unique challenges faced by this growing demographic in their new… more

The Stress of Balancing Work and Family

Communications — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
09/19/2007 - 12:00pm

Americans know from their own lives the stress of balancing work and family obligations. Extensive rhetoric from the media and academic worlds is difficult to disentangle, sometimes pointing to seemingly different conclusions regarding the state of work and family balance, the time parents are spending with their children, and the impacts such conflicts have on individual and family health.

The New America Foundation’s Next Social Contract Initiative and Workforce and Family Program seek to cut through the rhetoric with… more

Child Well-Being in America and Abroad

Communications — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:59:00 -0400

A New America Event
07/17/2007 - 10:30am

The Foundation for Child Development Child Well-Being Index (CWI) provides a research-based look at the status of children in the United States over the last 30 years. Now, for the first time, the CWI examines the status of American children in relation to that of children in other countries. The CWI uses English-speaking democracies with strong market-based systems to provide a more meaningful “apples to apples” portrait of the relative well-being of American children. The study contrasts the well-being… more