Nov. 7, 2006
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor
Washington, D.C.

Roughly 85 overlapping federal tax and transfer programs provide cash, food, health care, and other benefits to low-income families. This welfare "system" was developed with little regard for coordination among the various programs, and most experts agree that the web of support is unnecessarily complicated, inequitable, and expensive to administer.

Panelists debated one possible solution: combining as many tax and welfare programs as possible into a comprehensive system of refundable tax credits.

Welcome
	Kathleen Courrier, Urban Institute
Opening Remarks / Overview
	Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute
Presentations
	Jon Forman, University of Oklahoma
	Janet Holtzblatt, Department of the Treasury
	Iris Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
	Robert Lerman, Urban Institute
	Question and answer session

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