Secretaries' Innovation Group

Washington, DC SIG December 2024

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The Success Sequence and the Middle Class


     The Middle Class

      Jason Turner, Secretaries’ Innovation Group


     The Success Sequence: How are education, work, and marriage linked with Millennials’ financial well-being?

      Brad Wilcox, Professor of Sociology, University of VA; Visiting Scholar, AEI; Senior Fellow, Institute for Family Studies; and Director, National Marriage Project


Getting a job immediately after finishing school and staying in the labor force


     Council for Adult and Experiential Learning

      Earl Buford, Executive Director, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning


Improving public health by promoting healthy relationships and family formation.


     Improving Public Health By Promoting Healthy Relationships and Family Formation

      Angela Turner, Principal, AMTC & Associates


Post Election

     
     
Paragon Health Institute​

      Brain Blase, Paragon Health Institute    


Does work help make you happy independent of its economic benefits?

     
     Nonfinancial Benefits of Work
      Erik Randolph, Director of Research and author, Non-Financial Impact ofNon-Work, Georgia Center for Opportunity


Post-election Food Stamp Legislative and Administrative Reform 


    A Reform Framework for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
      Thomas O'Rourke, American Enterprise Institute

The causes and reasons for the straight- line decline in male labor force participation with no interruptions since 1965.  And how are they surviving?


     Men Without Work: A Problem We Ignore At Our Peril
     Nicholas Eberstadt, Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute


Early considerations regarding a possible experimental work-only system of benefits in  Columbus, Ohio


     SNAP Work Status  and Exemptions Dashboard

      Matt Damschroder, Director, OH Jobs and Family Services


SAM Update


     Marijuana Policy and Research Updates

      Jordan Davidson, Government Affairs Manager, Smart Approaches to Marijuana


Post Election Border Disaster - - What Next?


     ​Contemporary U.S Immigration

      Steven Camarota, Director of Research, Center for Immigration Studies


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