We had a wonderful Family Policy Section meeting in Orlando! Thanks to all who were able to attend. For those who could not make it, the minutes are posted on the NCFR website.

At the meeting we recognized two outstanding students. First, we announced that Joanna Wu received the Feldman Internship Award. Joanna is a PhD student in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne. She has an internship at the Urban Institute's Income and Benefits Policy Center and will examine child care subsidy and welfare policies. Her goal is to better understand policies applicable to her research about family structure, immigration, and the transition to adulthood.

Second, we presented Rachel Hagues with the Feldman Outstanding Research Proposal Award. Rachel is a PhD student in Child and Family Development at the University of Georgia. Her qualitative research proposal aims to discover if and how girls are taken advantage of or solicited for sex around schools in Tanzania and what risk and protective factors exist for these girls for prevention and intervention implementation.

Congrats to both of you!

Please note that submissions for these awards, as well as the Feldman Travel Award, will be due to the Family Policy Section on June 1, 2012. Applications should be submitted to Diana Baltimore at dianab1@iastate.edu. For more information about these awards, please go to our section webpage.

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