Overview The National Poverty Center (NPC), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan and the Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), sponsored a research conference to be held in Washington, DC, on November 16-17, 2006. The program, organized by Rebecca Blank and Sheldon Danziger on behalf of the NPC, and Dean Jolliffe and David Smallwood on behalf of ERS, consisted of eight to ten papers, with one discussant per paper.

The Social and Political Implications of Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back and Looking Ahead University of Michigan. February 9, 2007. 1-3 p.m. Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union.

Greg Duncan, Edwina S. Tarry Professor, School of Education and Social Policy, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. Co-sponsored by the Population Studies Center.

Lucie Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Economics, Williams College and NPC Visiting Scholar.

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Sara McLanahan, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Co-sponsored with the Population Studies Center.

Alison Jacknowitz, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University and NPC Visiting Scholar.

Details Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University. Jointly sponsored by the Center for State, Local and Urban Policy.

Sanford Schram, Bryn Mawr College.

OverviewOn June 7, 2007 the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan will host a conference entitled The Impact of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations on the Lives of Low Income Families.  PurposeThe project features nine papers by leading researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners who are interested in better understanding the role that religion and religious organizations play in assisting low-income families and affecting their behavior.  Such impacts can occur through a wide variety of mechanisms, including i