Stepping Stones is Washington Area Women's Foundation's multi-year initiative focused on increasing economic security and financial independence for low-income, women-headed families in the Washington metropolitan area.
The Women's Foundation and the Urban Institute will co-sponsor a Stepping Stones Research Briefing, featuring two panels touching on issues of affordability, homeownership, and rental assistance through the continuing housing crisis and the role of training, work, earnings and savings in building economic security for low-income, women-headed families.
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
- Nicky Goren, President, Washington Area Women’s Foundation
- Peter Tatian, Senior Research Associate, The Urban Institute
- Gwen Rubinstein, Program Officer, Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Panel #1 – The Housing Crisis and Low-Income, Women-Headed Families 
Moderator: Oramenta Newsome, Washington, DC LISC
- Debbie Gruenstein Bocian, Center for Responsible Lending, "Foreclosures by Race and Ethnicity: The Demographics of a Crisis"
- Danilo Pelletiere, National Low Income Housing Coalition, "Housing Assistance for Low-Income Households: States Do Not Fill the Gap"
- Peter Tatian, Urban Institute, "Female Homeowners and Homebuyers in the Washington, D.C., Region"
- Jenny Reed, DC Fiscal Policy Institute, "Nowhere to Go: As DC Housing Costs Rise, Residents are Left with Fewer Affordable Housing Options"
Panel #2 – Building Economic Security for Low-Income, Women-Headed Families through Earnings and Savings
Moderator: Danielle M. Reyes, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
- Mariko Chang, Independent consultant, "At Rope's End: Single Women, Mothers, Wealth and Assets in the U.S."
- Ruth Milkman, CUNY Graduate Center, "Paid Family Leave in California: The Impact on Low-Wage Workers"
- Matt Helmer, The Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative, "Findings from the Courses to Employment Demonstration Project: Supporting Education and Career Attainment for Female Heads of Household"
- Rachel Black, New America Foundation, "Incentivizing Savings at Tax Time: From Pilot to Policy"
At the Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.
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