To contact these experts, please call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 261-5709
or email paffairs@ui.urban.org.
Gina Adams, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Child care; Head Start.
Laudan Aron, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Children with disabilities; domestic violence/violence against women; homelessness.
Martha Burt, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Adolescents; domestic violence/violence against women; homelessness; mental health; social services integration.
Ajay Chaudry, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Child poverty; early childhood development; Head Start; working families; income support programs; children and families program reforms; children in immigrant families; management of public programs
Randy Capps, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Immigrant children; immigration policy; welfare reform; welfare-to-work programs.
Linda Giannarelli, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Child care subsidy eligibility; child care expenses; microsimulation; welfare reform; WIC.
Ian Hill, Health Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Children’s health insurance; state and local health programs.
Genevieve Kenney, Health Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Children’s health insurance; SCHIP; Medicaid; interactions between public and private coverage.
Robert Lerman, senior fellow, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Child support/paternity; family structure and composition; education and employment; income and wealth distribution; job training; poverty; school-to-work initiatives; unwed fathers; welfare reform.
Pamela Loprest, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Children with disabilities; disabilities and employment; women's employment; welfare reform; hard-to-serve populations; low-wage labor market.
Jennifer Macomber, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Child protective services; vulnerable families; early childhood; foster care and adoption.
Karin Malm, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Child abuse and neglect; foster care; adoption.
Signe-Mary McKernan, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Credit and asset building for low-income families; micro-credit programs; rent-to-own customers; poverty; cash welfare and Food Stamp Program impact on outcomes for children and families.
Caroline Ratcliffe, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Poverty; cash welfare and Food Stamp Program impact on outcomes for children and families; welfare-to-work programs.
Elaine Sorensen, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Child support/paternity; noncustodial fathers; state child support collection policies; single-parent families.
Laura Wheaton, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Child support/paternity; noncustodial fathers; microsimulation.
Sheila Zedlewski, director, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Child nutrition programs; poverty; work support programs; welfare reform; food stamp policy; engagement of older adults; state spending for low-income populations.
Janine Zweig, Justice Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Prison sexual violence; domestic violence; sexual victimization; human trafficking; vulnerable populations; adolescent development and behavior.
