Events

Upcoming Events

Most events are also available as live audio webcasts and mp3 recordings/podcasts.

First Tuesdays
Drawing from Institute researchers and area experts, these lunchtime public policy events offer authoritative analysis and audience Q&A Monthly, October through June

Thursday's Child
Spotlighting the daunting pathways through childhood, along with the public programs and policies meant to ease the journey.
Co-sponsored by the Urban Institute and the University of Chicago Chapin Hall Center for Children. Monthly, October through June

Recent Events

The Next Challenge for Public Housing: Serving Its Most Vulnerable Families
Thursday's Child, March 11, 2010

The Second Awkward Age: Life at 55 and Beyond
March 4, 2010

Desperately Seeking Revenue
First Tuesdays, March 2, 2010

Trillions of Reasons to Get Serious About Our Fiscal Future
February 25, 2010

Facing Our Future: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement
First Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Does the Economy Need—and Can We Afford—Another Jolt of Stimulus?
Versus, January 29, 2010

Conference: Reducing Poverty and Economic Distress after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
January 15, 2010

Train Wreck: A Conference on America's Looming Fiscal Crisis
Tax Policy Center forum, January 15, 2010

Budgeting, the Next Generation: Federal and State Investments in Children after ARRA
Thursday's Child, January 14, 2010

Deciphering the Conflicting Values Shaping the U.S. Social Safety Net
First Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The Higher Cost of Being Gay
Tax Policy Center forum, December 17, 2009

Safety, Permanence, and Well-Being:
12 Years of the Adoption and Safe Families Act
December 14, 2009

Principal Effectiveness and Leadership in an Era of Accountability: What Research Says
3rd Annual CALDER Conference, December 11, 2009

The Foreclosure Crisis and the Impact on Our Community
December 2, 2009

The $750 Billion Question:
Does Our Government Promote Economic Mobility?
First Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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