When
Wednesday September 19, 2012
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Central
(2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern)
Contact
Emma CasparUW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty
ecaspar@ssc.wisc.edu
608-265-4168
2012-2013 IRP Webinars
September 19, 2012: The Implications of Complex Families for Poverty and Child Support Policy, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
November 28, 2012: Disadvantaged Men as Fathers, Lonnie Berger
February 20, 2013: Reducing Poverty through Early Childhood Interventions, Katherine Magnuson
April 30, 2013: Trauma Informed Care, presenter TBA
All webinars are from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Central (2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern)
UW-Madison IRP Webinar Series
IRP places a high priority on making knowledge and information available to interested parties. In addition to our on campus seminar series, IRP has established a new series of interactive online seminars designed to more broadly disseminate current research on poverty and social inequality in the United States.
The Implications of Complex Families for Poverty and Child Support Policy
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Central
(2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern)
Presenters:
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Maria Cancian, University of Wisconsin-Madison Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Letters & ScienceProfessor of Public Affairs and Social WorkFaculty Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty
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Daniel R. Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mary C. Jacoby Distinguished Professor of School of Social WorkFaculty Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty
The first webinar in the series, The Implications of Complex Families for Poverty and Child Support Policy, will be presented by two national experts in the field, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. We often think of families with children as including a mother, father, and their children in common. However, about 40 percent of children are now born to unmarried parents, and estimates suggest that more often than not, one or both of these parents will go on to have children with other partners—that is, the mother will go on to have a child with a different father and/or the father will go on to have a child with a different mother. The complex families that result raise important challenges for poverty and child support policy.