Women’s Policy, Inc.

in cooperation with

Reps. Cynthia Lummis and Gwen Moore
Co-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues

Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Vice-Chairs, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues

Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Chellie Pingree
Co-Chairs, Women and the Economy/Business Task Force
Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues
and
Reps. Renee Ellmers and Tammy Baldwin
Co-Chairs, Young Women’s Task Force
Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues

invite you to a lunch briefing:

Kinship Care: Challenges and Opportunities

An estimated 2.7 million children are being cared for by extended family members. What are the challenges facing these children and their caregivers, and what can we do to help ensure healthy kinship children and families?

SPEAKERS

James P. Gleeson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sharon McDaniel, MPA, Ed.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, A Second Chance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mary Bissell, J.D., Partner, ChildFocus

Pat Owens, Kinship Caregiver and CEO, GrandFamilies of America

Becky Shipp, Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee Republican staff (moderator)

This event was made possible through a generous grant from the
Annie E. Casey Foundation

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