What’s New 2005
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June 2005
New Checklist Added to Our Site
The Early Care and Education Program and Policy Checklist is available from the Extension Cares Initiative and is posted on our website.
June 2005
Two New Sites Join Our Network & Three Sites Conduct their First Seminar!
We added two new sites to our network! Kentucky and North Carolina attended a training in Madison, Wisconsin in January 2005.
This spring, three sites conducted their first Family Impact Seminar: Georgia (March), North Carolina (May), and Pennsylvania (June). Congratulations to our new sites!
April 2005
New Issue of Family Matters Newsletter Available
Improving Health Care Quality and Cost Efficiency
Family Matters is a newsletter for state policymakers published by the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars. Check out the thirteenth issue, Improving Health Care Quality and Cost Efficiency, which features an interview with Dr. Arnold Milstein.
March 2005
New Issue of Family Matters Newsletter Available
Reforming the Health Care System
Family Matters is a newsletter for state policymakers published by the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars. Check out the twelfth issue, Reforming the Health Care System.
February 2005
Family Policy: An Introduction
Another great resource for teaching family policy is an online lecture by Professor Karen Bogenschneider and Elizabeth Gross, Family Policy: An Introduction. Check out these new materials!
January 2005
Additional Resources for Teaching Family Policy
Teaching Family Policy on College Campuses
Teaching Family Policy on College Campuses has been revised and updated. There are additional syllabi posted, as well as Family Policy definitions and dimensions, assignments, and teaching techniques.
New Issue of Family Matters Newsletter Available
Rising Health Care Costs
Family Matters is a newsletter for state policymakers published by the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars. Check out the eleventh issue, Rising Health Care Costs.
January 2005
2005 Seminars
- DC – Children of Prisoners
- GA – Childhood Obesity: The Epidemic’s Impacts and Policy Options
- IN – Growing Indiana’s Human Capital: Assuring Positive Futures for Youth
- IN – Gambling: What are the Odds for Indiana Families?
- MI – Supporting Children and Families While Controlling Medicaid Costs
- MI – Early Childhood Education and Care: An Economic Development Strategy for Michigan
- NC – Medicaid Cost Containment Strategies in North Carolina and Other States
- PA – Early Childhood Education: Universal Pre-K and Other Alternatives
- WI – Medicaid: Who Benefits, How Expensive is It, and What are States Doing to Control Costs?
- WI – Improving Health Care Quality While Curbing Costs
Tennessee Family Impact Seminar Directors Featured in NCFR's Family Focus
Check out "Strengthening Families: Making Connections to Early Childhood Policy," a Family Focus article based on information from ...
Massachusetts Impact Seminars hold 5th seminar
The Massachusetts Family Impact Seminars held their 5th seminar March 26, 2014 on A Lot on Our Plate: Chronic Health Threats in Massachusetts.
Missouri Family Impact Seminars hold 2nd seminar
The Missouri Family Impact Seminars held their 2nd seminar March 26, 2014 on Early Childhood Education: Investing in Missouri's Children.
Tennessee Impact Seminars hold 1st seminar
The Tennessee Family Impact Seminars held their 1st seminar February 3, 2014 on Strengthening Families.
Four New Sites Join Our Network!
The Family Impact Institute (formerly the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars) is proud to welcome Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island to our policy network. Affiliates from these four states attended a training in Madison, WI ...
Wisconsin Impact Seminars hold 32nd seminar
The Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars held their 32nd seminar January 22, 2014 on The Science of Early Brain Development: A Foundation for the Success of Our Children and the State Economy.