November 14, 2001

8:30–9:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

9:00–9:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

9:30–10:30 a.m.

Session I: Welfare to Work—The Importance of Place

Metropolitan and Neighborhood Context: Implications for Welfare to Work

10:30–11:30 a.m.

Session II: Child and Adolescent Development—The Importance of Place

The Neighborhoods They Live In: Effects of Neighborhood Residence on Child and Adolescent Outcomes

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Session III: Public Health—The Importance of Place

Place, Race, and Health: Neighborhood Sources of Group Disparities in Birth Weight

12:30–1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30–2:30 p.m.

Session IV: Research, Data, and Policy—The Importance of Place

Opportunities for People and Place: How Do They Interact? What Else Do We Need to Know?

Investigating Place and Opportunity: Needs in Data and Analytic Strategies

3:30–4:00 p.m.

Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Scott W. Allard, Department of Public Administration, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Laurie Anderson, Guide to Community Preventive Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Olympia, WA

Dennis P. Andrulis, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York

Ana Marie Argilagos, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD

Patricia Auspos, Aspen Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives, New York, NY

Pat Babcock, Public Policy, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI

William R. Barnes, Center for Research and Program Development, National League of Cities, Washington, DC

Gordon Berlin, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, NY

Brenda Benesch, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Alan Berube, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

Jill K. Center, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Elizabeth Chacko, Department of Geography, George Washington University

Rosemary Chalk, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC

Steve Coleman, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Eileen L. Collins, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

Claudia Coulton, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

Marilyn Dabady, Center on National Statistics, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Cecily Darden, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park

Valerie Durrant, Committee on Population, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Diana Elliott, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park

Robin Ersing, College of Social Work, University of Kentucky

Felipe M. Floresca, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD

Molly E. French, Policy Research, Partnership for Prevention, Washington, DC

George C. Galster, College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, Wayne State University

Nancy Augustine Gardner, Department of Public Policy, George Washington University

Marisa Gerstein, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, Washington, DC

John Goering, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York

Caterina Gouvis, Justice Policy Center, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Elizabeth Groff, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC

Peggy Halpern, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Elizabeth Hamilton, Transportation, Air Quality, and Economic Development, National Association of Regional Councils, Washington, DC

Laura Harris, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Stephani Hatch, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park

Harry Holzer, Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University

Gail R. Houle, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC

Joah G. Iannotta, Center for Social and Economic Studies, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Paul Jargowsky, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas

Eric S. Jefferis, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC

Aranthan Steve Jones II, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Mariana Kastrinakis, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD

Tom Kingsley, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Barbara Krimgold, Center for the Advancement of Health, Washington, DC

Gary LaFree, Department of Criminology, University of Maryland, College Park

Nancy La Vigne, Justice Policy Center, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Tama Leventhal, Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University

Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Michael Millman, Division of Information and Analysis, Health Resource Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

J. Henry Montes, Public Health Workforce Development, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC

Jeffrey Morenoff, Department of Sociology, Population Research Center, University of Michigan

William Morrill, Caliber Associates, Fairfax, VA

Elena O. Nightingale, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC

Patricia O’Campo, Population and Family Health Science, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Mary Ellen O’Connell, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council, Washington, DC

William O’Hare, KIDS COUNT, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD

Theresa Osypuk, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health

Kathryn Pettit, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Canta Pian, Division of Economic Support for Families, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Susan J. Popkin, Metropolitan Housing and Communities, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Holly Reed, Committee on Population, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Todd Richardson, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC

Jane L. Ross, Center for Social and Economic Studies, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Brian Smedley, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC

Timothy Smeeding, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University

Sarah Staveteig, Program on Assessing the New Federalism, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Adrienne Stith, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC

Miron Straf, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Elaine K. Swift, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC

Wilma M. Tilson, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Health Policy Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Shelly Ver Ploeg, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, Washington, DC

Christy Visher, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

Robin M. Weinick, Center for Primary Care Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD

Dianne Wolman, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC

Harold Wolman, Department of Political Science, George Washington University