First Focus

Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA), Senator Sherrod Brown (OH), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), and Senator John D. Rockefeller (WV), in cooperation with the Foundation for Child Development and First Focus, cordially invite you to a briefing on the social safety net’s impact on child well-being.

Public safety net programs and work supports – such as Medicaid, SNAP, and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) – reach tens of millions of children and families each year. Because many of these supports are administered separately, however, it can be difficult to document their collective reach.

Research indicates that children can be more effectively served, and public resources used more efficiently, if action is taken to close three gaps in current policy and implementation: the eligibility gap, the coverage gap, and the hardships gap.

Please join us for the release of a new paper, A Stronger Safety Net for America’s Children, and a discussion on the opportunities and challenges in tackling these gaps and improving outcomes for children.

The event will be moderated by Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D., President of the Foundation for Child Development, and speakers include:

• John Quinterno, South by North Strategies (author of A Stronger Safety Net for America’s Children)

• Yolanda McBride, Director of Public Policy, Children’s Aid Society of New York

• Paul Hyry-Dermith, Principal of the Peck Full Service Community School, Holyoke, MA (a partner in the Coalition for Community Schools)

• Kate Garvey, Chief of Children, Youth and Families Services, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County, MD

• Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus

To RSVP for this event, please click here.

For more information, contact Megan Curran at (202) 657-0684 or meganc@firstfocus.net