Finding Common Ground Presentations

The FCG research staff have been presenting study activities and findings to diverse audiences. The multidiciplinary nature of the project requires that the most current information on welfare reform policies and the health of women and children be disseminated to a wide range of advocates, policymakers, health care providers, welfare personnel, and other researchers.

Below is a list of presentations by Finding Common Ground staff. Slide materials from more recent presentations may be available to download if this symbol (+) appears next to the citation.

"Violence, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Among Poor Women: Relevance Within the Context of Welfare Reform." Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 28, 2001.

"Unwoven Tapestries: History of the Women's Health Movement." Health, Law and Human Rights: Exploring the Connections. American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME) Conference. Philadelphia, PA September 29-October 1, 2001.

"State of Welfare Reform Policies, Medicaid Declines, and Increased Uninsurance." Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Epidemiology (MICHEP) Workshop, Atlanta, GA, December 12-13, 2000.

"Welfare Reform and Women's and Children's Health: State Case Studies." Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Epidemiology (MICHEP) Workshop, Atlanta, GA, December 12-13, 2000.

"Welfare Reform Policies and Maternal and Child Health Services: Findings from a National Study." American Public Health Association annual meeting, Boston, MA, November 13, 2000.

"Women's Reproductive Health in a "Reformed" Welfare System." American Public Health Association annual meeting, Boston, MA, November 14, 2000.

"National and State-Level Welfare Reform Developments and the Health of Women and Children." Presentation for staff at the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, June 2000.

"Benefit Use, Health Status and Household Hardship After Welfare Reform Among Families with Chronically Ill Children." Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, May 2000.

"Monitoring the Impact of Welfare Reform on Women's Health." Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) annual meeting, March 2000.

"Ending Women's Poverty: A Report from the States." Testimony at Congressional Staff Briefing, Washington, DC, March 2000.

"Sex, Reproduction, and Welfare Reform." Conference entitled "To Promote the General Welfare: Ending Women's Poverty." Hosted by NOW-LDEF and Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 2000.

"The Implications of Changing Federal Welfare Policy for the Health of Women and Children." CUNY Urban Health Colloquium, NY, NY, March 2000.

"Women's and Children's Health in a 'Reformed' Welfare System: The Paradox of Denying Aid to Mothers while Trying to Safeguard their Children." Work, Welfare and Politics conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, February 2000.

Presentation for NYS Family Planning Advocates annual legislative conference, workshop entitled "Welfare Reform Revisited," Albany, NY, February 2000.

"Tapping TANF for Teen Pregnancy Prevention: A Working Session." Hosted by CLASP and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Washington, DC, January 2000.

"Welfare Reform and Women's and Children's Health." Administration for Children and Families (Region VI), conference entitled "Dynamic Partnerships: Strategies for a New Millennium," Dallas, TX, January 2000.

"Welfare Reform Policies and Maternal and Child Health Services: Findings From a National Study," Maternal, Infant and Child Health Epidemiology Workshop. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, December 1999.

"The Impact of Welfare Reform Policies on Child Protective Services: A National Study," Maternal, Infant and Child Health Epidemiology Workshop. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, December 1999.

"Welfare Reform and Reproductive Freedom in NYS." Part of a three-part seminar entitled "Exploring the Economics of Reproductive Freedom." Hosted by Urban Justice Center, New York, NY, September-October 1999.

"Exploring the Economics of Reproductive Freedom." Meeting sponsored by the Urban Justice Center, New York, NY. October 13, 1999.

"Health Sector Reform: The US Picture." Annual meeting of the Affinity Group on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights. Annapolis, MD, October 3, 1999.

"Welfare Reform: Chronic Child Illness and Employment Among Welfare Recipients." Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, San Francisco, CA, May 1999.

"Knowledge of Welfare Reform Among Families with Chronically Ill Children." Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, Ambulatory Pediatric Association, San Francisco, CA, May 1999.

"Child Care After Welfare Reform." Meeting entitled, "Healthy Child Care America: Quality Child Care in the Millennium." Hosted by the Child Care Bureau and Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Resources, Rockville, MD, May 22, 1999.

Invited discussant in health policy seminar on the "Family Health Initiative." Hosted by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (Peter C. van Dyck). Washington, DC, May 14, 1999.

"Improving Maternal and Pregnancy Outcomes." Healthy People 2000 Progress Review for Maternal and Infant Health. (Live broadcast) US Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC, May 5, 1999.

"The Impact of Welfare Reform on Women and Children." School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Women in International and Public Affairs spring policy conference. New York, NY, April 20, 1999.

"The Impact of Welfare Reform Policies on Child Protective Services: A National Study." Taylor Institute/University of Michigan Trapped by Poverty, Trapped by Abuse conference. Ann Arbor, MI, April, 1999.

Invited discussant in meeting on "Changes in the Welfare Law." Hosted by Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor (Mary Murphree) and US Department of Health and Human Services (E. Lower-Basch). New York, NY, March 19, 1999.

"Welfare Reform: How Is It Affecting the Health and Well-Being of Children?" Annual Grantmakers in Health meeting on Health Philanthropy: Social inequalities in Health. Tempe, AZ, February 1999.

"Welfare Reform: How to Measure the Effects of Welfare Reform on MCH." Maternal, Infant and Child Health Epidemiology Workshop. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, December 1998.

"Finding Common Ground in the Era of Welfare Reform and Medicaid Managed Care," Fall Seminar Series, Center for Population and Family Health, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, September 1998.

Implications of the New National Adoption Legislation for Women in the Context of Welfare Reform," Abandoned Infants Association National Conference, May 1998.