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

 

Recent Events

Can Boomer Women Afford to Retire?
February 7, 2012

DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative: Supporting Cradle-to-College Success
January 24, 2012

Enrolling the Uninsured under National Health Reform
January 6, 2012

Future of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy
December 7, 2011

Poverty by the Numbers: What New Measures Say About At-Risk Groups and the Social Safety Net
First Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Fight Against International Human Trafficking: How Evaluation Research Can Help
November 18, 2011

Long-Term Care in an Era of Shrinking Government
November 8, 2011

Doing More with Less: Leveraging Community Capital
November 2, 2011

The Nation's Priorities and Children: How Well Do They Go Together?
October 28, 2011

Innovations in Workforce Training: How are Programs and Public Policies Changing?
October 27, 2011

Fixing U.S. Budget Policy: What Can the United States Learn from Canada?
October 27, 2011

Overdue for Action: Gender, Property Rights and Economic Development
October 25, 2011

Budget Pressure and Changing the Charitable Deduction: For Better or Worse?
October 7, 2011

Nonprofit Outlook: Where's the Light at the End of the Tunnel?
First Tuesdays, October 4, 2011

Avoiding Budget Catastrophe
September 23, 2011

TANF Performance: How States Are Raising the Measurement Bar
September 21, 2011

Immigration and the Changing Face of Metropolitan America
September 20, 2011

Public Surveillance Cameras: A Clear-Eyed Look at Their Implementation and Impact
September 19, 2011

Rethinking the Mortgage Interest Deduction
July 28, 2011

Young and Displaced: A Multinational Look at Youth on Their Own, as Refugees, on the Run, and In Need of Help
Thursday's Child, July 14, 2011

Private Community Associations: Boon or Bane for Local Governance?
June 30, 2011

Enhancing the Employability and Well-Being of Low-Income Older Americans
June 29, 2011

Health Policy Center Checkup: Kids, Coverage Challenges, and Quality Care
First Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Stepping Stones Research Briefing
May 20, 2011

Building Better Children's Programs… and Public Confidence
Thursday's Child, May 19, 2011

Bringing the Oasis to Urban Food Deserts
First Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Should We Put the Brakes on Tax Breaks?
April 6, 2011

Can We Boost Retirement Security for Low-Income Workers?
First Tuesdays, April 5, 2011

Living Up to Its Name: How to Fix the Class Act
March 24, 2011

The Foreclosure Crisis: Data, Resources, and Tools for Government, Funders, and Nonprofits
March 23, 2011

Children and Federal-State Budget Trade-Offs
March 17, 2011
Thursdays Child

Health Care Hercules: Will Growing Provider Power Choke Reforms?
March 9, 2011

Is It Time to Revisit Skill- and Family-Based Immigration?
March 7, 2011

The Credit Needs of Low-Income Families at Tax Time
First Tuesday, March 1, 2011

How Should the Safety Net Be Retooled to Work in Times of High Unemployment?
February 23, 2011

What Policymakers, the Public, the Press, and Parents Need to Know about Economics… in 90 Minutes or Less
February 1, 2011

Young and Older Workers: (Not) Entering and Exiting the Labor Market
January 25 (Watch the video)
The second forum in "The New Unemployment and What to Do About It" series

The $5 Trillion Question: What Do the Budget Commissions' Social Security Proposals Mean for Retirees and Taxpayers?
January 21, 2011

Starving the Hidden Beast: New Approaches to Tax Expenditure Reform
January 14, 2011

4th Annual CALDER Conference: Race to the Top
January 14, 2011

What Do Political Shifts And State Budget Troubles Mean For Children's Programs?
Thursday's Child, January 13, 2011 (Watch the video)

Challenges Facing the District of Columbia
First Tuesdays, January 4, 2011 (Watch the video)



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