Conference Presentations

OCTOBER 18

Opening Remarks  AUDIO

• Matthew Stagner, Chapin Hall Center for Children
• Wayne Osgood, Pennsylvania State University  POWERPOINT

Panel: Youth with Health and Mental Health Needs  AUDIO

• Moderator: Pat Wingert, Newsweek
• Elizabeth Gifford, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University  POWERPOINT
• Abigail English, Center for Adolescent Health and the Law  POWERPOINT
• Ray Connor, Illinois Individual Care Grant Parents Group  POWERPOINT
• Miguel Ayala, Voices of Youth, youth representative

Question and Answer Session  AUDIO

Panel: Youth Involved in the Criminal Justice System  AUDIO

• Moderator: John Hubner, Author, Last Chance in Texas
• Shawnice Slaughter, youth representative
• Yannick Langston, youth representative
• Toni Walker, Connecticut General Assembly, House of Representatives
• Jaime Molina, Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency
• Lucretia Murphy, Jobs for the Future
• Jeffrey Butts, Chapin Hall Center for Children  POWERPOINT

Question and Answer Session  AUDIO

OCTOBER 19

Panel: Youth in the Child Welfare System  AUDIO

• Moderator: Martha Shirk, Author, On Their Own: What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System
• Mark Courtney, Chapin Hall Center for Children  POWERPOINT
• B.J. Walker, Georgia Department of Human Resources
• Jenny Pokempner, Juvenile Law Center  POWERPOINT
• Patrick McCarthy, Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Giselle John, Voices of Youth
• Bryan Samuels, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services

Question and Answer Session  AUDIO

Panel: Youth with Disabilities  AUDIO

• Moderator: James Reston, Jr., Author, Fragile Innocence, A Father's Memoir of His Daughter's Courageous Journey
• Phyllis Levine, SRI International  POWERPOINT
• Harold Hodgkinson, Center for Demographic Policy
• Gene Edgar, College of Education, University of Washington
• Rhonda Basha, Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor  POWERPOINT
• Sue Swenson, The Arc
• Michael Murray, youth representative

Lunch and Keynote Address  AUDIO

• Laura Sessions Stepp, The Washington Post

Panel: Immigrant Youth  AUDIO

• Moderator: Douglas McGray, New America Foundation
• Ruben Rumbaut, University of California, Irvine  HANDOUT
• Margie McHugh, Migration Policy Institute  POWERPOINT
• Tamar Jacoby, Manhattan Institute
• Roberto Gonzales, University of California, Irvine  HANDOUT

Question and Answer Session  AUDIO

Panel: Breaking the Silos: Rethinking the Safety Net for Vulnerable Youth During the Transition to Adulthood  AUDIO

• Moderator: Patty Fisher, San Jose Mercury News
• Betsy Brand, American Youth Policy Forum
• Elaine Ryan, American Public Human Services Association
• Laurie Garduque, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Matt Weidinger, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
• Denise Forte, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives

Question and Answer Session  AUDIO