Invitation to Abt Associates' Forum on the Implications of the Family Options Study

Is Housing Stability Essential for Family Well-Being? A Forum on the Implications of the Family Options Study

On Monday, September 21, you are invited to attend a forum, hosted by Abt Associates, featuring new evidence from the PD&R sponsored Family Options Study on the effects of providing permanent housing subsidies to homeless families. Speakers, including Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research Katherine M. O'Regan, will address the results of the study, the effects of stable housing on child and family well-being, and the policy implications.

Forum participants include:

• Katherine M. O'Regan, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Jennifer Cannistra, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

• Ron Haskins, co-director, the Brookings Center on Children and Families and Budgeting for National Priorities Project

• Aletha C. Huston, Pricilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of Child Development at the University of Texas at Austin

• Ianna Kachoris, Program Officer, the MacArthur Foundation

• Jill Khadduri, Principal Associate, Housing & Communities, Abt Associates

• Sandra Newman, Director, Center on Housing, Neighborhoods and Communities, Johns Hopkins University