June 18, 2007
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

The decline in marriage and two-parent families continues to complicate efforts to reduce child poverty. In 2006, the Bush administration proposed and Congress approved funding for a Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI) that will include marriage education, training, mentoring, and advertising. In this lively debate, two experts discuss whether it is the federal government's business to spend taxpayer money on marriage counseling for the poor.

• Avis Jones-DeWeever, director of poverty, education, and social justice programs, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
• Robert Lerman, senior fellow, Urban Institute and professor of economics, American University
  
• Robert Reischauer, president, Urban Institute and former director, Congressional Budget Office (moderator)

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