4th Annual Washington Area Women's Foundation's Stepping Stones Research Briefing

Stepping Stones is Washington Area Women's Foundation's multi-year initiative focused on increasing economic security and financial independence for low-income, women-headed families in the Washington metropolitan area.

The Women's Foundation and the Urban Institute co-sponsored the Stepping Stones Research Briefing, which featured two panels highlighting strategies for increasing and preserving the income and asset gains of low-income, women-headed families through the current recession.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Katharine Graham Conference Center
Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, D.C.

Panel 1: Building Income and Assets in an Economic Downturn

Heather Boushey, Center for American Progress, The Economy and the Recession: A National Overview (pdf presentation)
Benjamin Orr, Greater Washington Research at the Brookings Institution, Demographic and Economic Trends Affecting Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area (pdf presentation)
John Schmitt, Center for Economic and Policy Research., Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers (pdf presentation)
Oramenta Newsome, Washington DC LISC, Increasing Assets and Economic Security through Tenant Opportunity to Purchase (pdf presentation)

Panel 2: Maintaining the Safety Net of Benefits and Work Supports

Ed Lazere, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, Challenges Facing Low-Income DC Families (pdf presentation)
Gina Adams, The Urban Institute, Designing Subsidy Systems to Meet the Needs of Families (pdf presentation)
Carolyn Hayden, Opportunity Cars and Marty Schwartz, Vehicles for Change, Car Ownership Models: Promoting Economic Advancement and Overall Well Being for Low Income Children and Families (pdf presentation)
Rosa Maria Castaneda, The Urban Institute, The Impacts of Immigration Enforcement on Families, Children, and Communities (pdf presentation)