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Children and Foreclosures: The Economic Crisis Hits Home
WHAT: "Children & Foreclosures: The Economic Crisis Hits Home"
WHEN: March 12, 2009 from 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM
WHERE: Children's Agenda/VCR Offices, 2401 N. Grand Blvd.
On Thursday, March 12 please join us in the Vision for Children at Risk/St. Louis Children's Agenda offices for a webcast presented by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and the Urban Institute on the effects of mortgage foreclosures on children.
As the national housing market unravels, 2.2 million foreclosure actions were started last year alone. Renters and homeowners have been forced to move, and the trauma is rippling across neighborhoods and anchor institutions of every size and description.
The executive branch and Congress are pouring billions of dollars into stemming the tide of foreclosures, evictions, and neighborhood distress -- via a foreclosure-prevention initiative, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, and the economic stimulus package's homelessness-prevention funds. But so far, the crisis's impact on children has been largely unexplored.
Join us as we investigate such issues as:
foreclosures' effects on kids and the research needed to understand those outcomes better;
the circumstances of families seeking help and local strategies to prevent foreclosures;
strategies for stabilizing neighborhoods hit hard by the housing market's collapse; and
the opportunities and challenges for states, localities, service organizations, and families presented by Washington's would-be remedies.
Panelists:
Malcolm Bush, research fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Ingrid Gould Ellen, co-director, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University
Olivia Golden (moderator), institute fellow, Urban Institute; former assistant secretary for children and families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Thomas Perez, Maryland secretary of labor, licensing and regulation
Others to be announced
To register for the webcast call 314-534-6015 or Click Here to send an email.
Children's Agenda Contact Information
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email: vcr@visionforchildren.org
phone: 314-534-6015
web: http://www.visionforchildren.org
