This year's conference was held February 15, 2006. This is the final agenda. |
| 7:30 am |
Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 am |
Welcome |
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David Smallwood, Economic Research Service, USDA
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| Food
Stamp Program |
| 8:30 am |
Introduction and Keynote Address |
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- Introduction
David Smallwood, Economic Research Service, USDA
- Keynote Address
Nancy Burstein, Abt Associates
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| 9:00 am |
Emerging Issues and Research Priorities |
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- Moderator
Betsey Kuhn, Economic Research Service, USDA
- Clarence Carter, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
- Eric Steiner, Majority Staff, Senate Agriculture Committee
- Kathy Link, American Association of Food Stamp Directors
- Ellen Vollinger, Food Research and Action Center
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| 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am |
Recent Findings from Food Stamp Program Research |
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- Moderator
Margaret Andrews, Economic Research Service, USDA
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Impact of Streamlined Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Recertification Rules
Thomas MaCurdy, Sphere Institute
- Food Stamp Use by Legal Immigrants Before and After the 2003 Restorations
Randy Capps, Urban Institute
- Trends in Food Stamp Certification Costs, 1989-2001
Chris Logan, Abt Associates
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| 12:00 noon |
Lunch at ERS |
| Child Nutrition, WIC, and Obesity |
| 1:00 pm |
Keynote Address |
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- Introduction
Betsey Kuhn, Economic Research Service, USDA
- Keynote Address
Robert Whitaker, Mathematica Policy Research
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| 1:30 pm |
Emerging Issues and Research Priorities |
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- Moderator
Betsy Frazao, Economic Research Service, USDA
- Jay Hirschman, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
- Derek Miller, Professional staff member, Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Susan Coppess, School Nutrition Association
- Julie Skolmowski, Child Nutrition Foundation
- Art Burger, Burger, Carroll & Associates
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| 3:00 pm |
Break |
| 3:15 pm |
Recent Findings from ECLS Research |
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- Moderator
Joanne Guthrie, Economic Research Service, USDA
- Food Insecurity Dynamics and Impacts on the Human Capital of School Children
Sonya Jones, University of Tennessee
- Effects of Persistent Obesity on Human Capital Accumulation of School Children
Sara Gable, University of Missouri
- WIC Program Incentives and Infant Feeding Practices
Laura Tiehen, Economic Research Service, USDA
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| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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