Home   About CCRWF   CA Working Families Policy Summit   Publications   Events   Stakeholders   Past projects CalWORKs/ Child Welfare Partnership Project	California Working Families Policy Summit 2009   Click here for the 2009 Summit Recommendations Click here for the 2009 Policy Keys – Basic Orientation Materials Hosted by the California Center for Research on Women and Families (CCRWF), the 2009 California Working Families Policy Summit was held on Tuesday, January 13, at the Sacramento Convention Center, with approximately 650 policy leaders attending, including over 80 legislative members and staff. The Summit helped launch the legislative session by releasing policy proposals on issues affecting California's working families, including budget reform, health care, child care, preschool, after-school care, CalWORKs, mental health, asset building, housing, food stamps, foster care and paid sick days. Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg provided the luncheon keynote to a sold-out audience. Summit recommendations are available to download below. Co-sponsors of the Summit included the California Legislative Women's Caucus; the Black, Latino, Asian Pacific Islander and LGBT Legislative Caucuses; the California Commission on the Status of Women, and more than 70 nonprofit organizations. Funders of the Summit included Kaiser Permanente and SEIU-UHW, The California Endowment, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Sponsors of the Summit Luncheon. the California Faculty Association, California Fire Foundation, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, Casey Family Programs, The Doctors Company, SEIU – Local 1000, and UAW. Click on the following items for more information: Summit Recommendations Summit Program Summit Funders and Luncheon Co-Sponsors Legislative and Nonprofit Co-Sponsors Summit Speaker Biographies RECOMMENDATIONS from the 2009 WORKING FAMILIES POLICY SUMMIT Released on January 13, 2009 Click on the orange links below to download Recommendations from the Summit Visionaries: Plenary Session California’s State Budget Crisis Funding a Future for California’s Working Families Moderated by Senator Denise Ducheny Jean Ross, Executive Director, California Budget Project Lenny Goldberg, Executive Director, California Tax Reform Association James Mayer, Executive Director, California Forward Provocateurs Mark Paul, Senior Scholar, New America Foundation Frank Mecca, Executive Director, County Welfare Directors Association 10:45 - 12:00 Morning Policy Tracks Track 1 Securing the Safety Net for Working Families Moderated by Senator Carol Liu Cash Assistance Programs Mike Herald, Legislative Advocate, Western Center on Law and Poverty Food Stamps George Manalo-LeClair, Director of Legislation, California Food Policy Advocates Medi-Cal Elizabeth Landsberg, Legislative Advocate, Western Center on Law and Poverty Housing Julie Snyder, Policy Director, Housing California Provocateurs Nancy Berlin, Director, California Partnership Sherry Novick, Executive Director, California First Five Association Track 2 Asset Protection and Asset Building Moderated by Matthew Marsom, Director of Public Policy, Public Health Institute Asset Building Olivia Calderon, California Legislative Director, Asset Building Program New America Foundation Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Reform Payday Lending Paul Leonard, Director, California Office, Center for Responsible Lending Provocateurs Scott Graves, Senior Policy Analyst, California Budget Project Camille M. Busette, Vice President, EARN & Asset Policy Initiative of California   Track 3 It Takes a Village: Children in Foster Care Moderated by Assemblyman Jim Beall Transition-Age Youth Amy Lemley, Policy Director, John Burton Foundation for Children Without Homes Children 0-5 Alice Bussiere, Staff Attorney, Youth Law Center Federal Reforms Ed Howard, Senior Counsel, Children’s Advocacy Institute Provocateurs Stuart Oppenheim, Executive Director, Child and Family Policy Institute of California Christopher N. Wu, Supervising Attorney, Center for Families, Children & the Courts Judicial Council of California - Administrative Office of the Courts 12:30 - 2:00 Summit Luncheon – Looking Forward: Working Families in the 21st Century Welcoming Remarks Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña Vice Chair, Legislative Women’s Caucus Jason Campbell, Staff Director, SEIU-UHW Keynote Speaker Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg 2:15 - 3:30 Afternoon Policy Tracks Track 4 Keeping California Healthy Moderated by Assemblyman Dave Jones Health Care Reform Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California Mental Health Rusty Selix, Executive Director, Mental Health Association of California & California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies Prevention Marty Martinez, Policy Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network Provocateurs Stefan Harvey, Assistant Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy Dr. Carmen Nevarez, Vice President for External Relations and Preventive Medicine Advisor, Public Health Institute   Track 5 Taking Care of our Children: Preschool, Childcare and After-School Programs Moderated by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner Preschool Catherine Atkin, President, Preschool California Child Care Nancy Strohl, Executive Director, Child Care Law Center After-School Programs Jennifer Peck, Executive Director, Bay Area Partnership Child Care Food Program Ken Hecht, Executive Director, California Food Policy Advocates Provocateurs Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organizer, Parent Voices Fran Kipnis, Principal Policy Analyst, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California, Berkeley   Track 6 Workplaces that Work for Families Moderated by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma Paid Sick Days Ronald Coleman, Legislative and Policy Director, California ACORN Increasing Breastfeeding in the Low-Wage Worksite Laurie True, Executive Director, California WIC Association Federal Priorities to Support Working Families Netsy Firestein, Executive Director, Labor Project for Working Families Provocateurs Ann O’Leary, Executive Director, Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security School of Law, University of California, Berkeley Beth McGovern, Legislative Director, California Commission on the Status of Women 3:45 - 4:30 Closing General Session: Where do we go from here? In an era when professionals and associations are rewarded for specializing and focusing on single issues – how do we break out of silos and develop support for the range of issues that affect working families? What are the elements of a working families agenda – and what are the advantages and challenges of working in coalition? And at this time of economic crisis, what are our opportunities? Kate Karpilow, Executive Director, California Center for Research on Women and Families Ted Lempert, President, Children Now Holly J. Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, Crystal Stairs, Inc.   A Special Thank You to our Funders: Kaiser Permanente & SEIU-UHW The David and Lucile Packard Foundation The California Endowment CCRWF is a program of the Public Health Institute Kate Karpilow, Ph.D., CCRWF Executive Director Cathy Murnighan, Summit Coordinator For information on prior Summits: Click here for information on Summit 2007 Click here for information on Summit 2005 Click here for information on Summit 2003 Click here for information on Summit 2002 Click here for information on Summit 2000