Noteworthy:

11/07: When Wages Don't Pay the Bills.
Learn More:
Link to a 11/1/07 Boston Globe Editorial.

Center for Social Policy,
McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston

100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393

Phone: (617) 287 5550
Fax: (617) 287 5544

Upcoming Events:

November 29, 2007

Randy Albelda will discuss findings from "Bridging the Gaps Between Earnings and Basic Needs in Massachusetts" (available at www.umb.edu/bridgingthegaps) and the opportunities and challenges of working of doing collaborative applied research. The talk will take place at 4 pm at UMass Amherst in 620 Thompson Hall. The talk is sponsored by the Center for Public Policy and Administration at UMass Amherst and is open to the public.

December 3

Randy Albelda will be presenting results from the Bridging the Gaps project at: Working Together to Build Wealth in Lower-Income Communities: A Forum on Strategies for Financial Institutions, Community-Based Organizations and Public Programs to Expand Access to Financial Services, Financial Education and Asset Development

8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m, New England Room, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

The event is sponsored by: Boston Alliance for Economic Inclusion, Boston EITC Coalition, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis University, MASSCAP, Massachusetts Banker Association, Massachusetts Community & Banking Council, Massachusetts Credit Union League, Massachusetts Fair Lending Coordinating Committee, and the Midas Collaborative.

 

Report Back on Report Release:
BRIDGING THE GAPS: MAKING WORK WORK FOR MASSACHUSETTS’ FAMILIES

Held on Wednesday October 31st, 2007 in Statehouse-A-1 Hearing Room
10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Contact Us: Donna Haig-Friedman 617-287-5550
donna.friedman@umb.edu

The report release began with welcome remarks by Donna Haig Friedman – the Director, Center for Social Policy -- and UMass Boston’s Chancellor Keith Motley. Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray and Judith Kurland, Chief of Staff to Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino, followed with state and city policy perspectives on the issues raised in the report.

Dr. Randy Albelda and University of Massachusetts Boston presented the findings from Bridging the Gaps Between Earnings and Basic Needs. Followed by commentary from the following panel of experts:

     Khymi Woo,

 

One Family Scholar

     Ann Reale,

 

Commissioner, Department of Early Childhood and Care

     Senator Karen Spilka,

 

Co-Chair, Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

     Marilyn Anderson Chase,

 

Undersecretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services

     Julia Kehoe,

  

Commissioner, Department of Transitional Assistance

     Amy Schectman,

  

Associate Director of Public Housing and Rental Assistance, Department of Housing and Community Development

    Jennifer James,

  

Undersecretary of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

Stephen Crosby, Dean, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies wrapped up the session.