From Families to Neighborhoods

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2–3:30 p.m.
Session: 
E6
Level: 
Intermediate
Area of Interest: 
Navigating the Government Landscape


What family-based policies are being released and supported by the Barack Obama administration? How do family-based policies fit within a broader, more holistic place-based agenda? This workshop will examine fatherhood initiatives, home visitation, and other family-centered programs. It also will examines how they fit into the administration's neighborhood-based agenda.

Presenters: Mark Greenberg, deputy assistant secretary for policy, Administration for Children and Families; and Larkin Tackett, deputy director for Promise Neighborhoods, U.S. Department of Education (DOE)