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Innovations in Family Policy

Opening Plenary Session
Session ID#: 
124

Maria Cancian

Date: 
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Session Location: 
Salons A/B
Session Type: Plenary

About the Session

Approximately 40 percent of children are now born to unmarried parents, and our estimates suggest that most of these parents will go on to have children with other partners. The resulting complex families, together with changing employment patterns lead most mothers, as well as fathers, to work outside the home, raises challenges for research and policy. Dr. Cancian will address key related questions.

Plenary Sponsor:  University of Illinois, Department of Human and Community Development and The Family Resiliency Center

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Maria Cancian introduces her talk on Poverty, Child Well-Being, and Family Policy

Maria Cancian, Ph.D, introduces her talk on Poverty, Child Well-Being, and Family Policy in this clip from Innovations in Family Policy. Runtime: 3:53

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Maria Cancian speaking on Poverty, Child Well-Being, and Family Policy

Maria Cancian, Ph.D, speaks about Poverty, Child Well-Being, and Family Policy in this clip from Innovations in Family Policy. Runtime: 3:58

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Innovations in Family Policy - Audio Recording

Maria Cancian
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Innovations in Family Policy - Video Recording

What are the key recent and long-term changes in family formation? What are the implications for the wellbeing of families and children, especially in the current economic context? What policy innovations are needed to support parents and children given increasingly complex family situations?

Maria Cancian, Ph.D., Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work, and an affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty and the Center for Demography and Ecology, La Follette School of Public Affairs, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison