Looking Forward for Families

Speakers included the state Attorney General Greg Abbott and Dr. Sherri Heller, Federal Commissioner of the Office of Child Support Enforcement. The forum featured state and national experts sharing new information on fragile families, responsible fatherhood, and marriage policies that affect children. In addition, the final evaluation report from the Texas Fragile Families Initiative was released.

The following are presentations made available by speakers at the conference:

Carlos Romo, TFF Director, presenting on Lessons from the Texas Fragile Families Initiative

Laura Wolf, Public Policy Director, Texas Council on Family Violence presenting on the prevalence of family violence in Texas

Courtney Harrison, Public Strategies, Inc. presenting on what other states are doing to develop state healthy marriage initiatives

Dr. Sheena McConnell, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. presenting on Mathematica's Building Strong Families Model

Dr. Cynthia Osbourne, Princeton University, presenting on the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study and barriers to marriage

Michael Hayes, Texas Office of the Attorney General, speaking on the evolution of responsible fatherhood programs nationally and in Texas