IGPA is part of a national network of eighteen universities to offer the Family Impact Seminars in Illinois. Building on IGPA’s existing programs, these briefings regularly contribute to knowledge-based dialogue around family policy issues. The Family Impact Seminars provide evidence-based information to Illinois legislators on pressing family-policy issues that are currently on the legislative agenda. The Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars network is directed by Karen Bogenschneider of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2006, IGPA has offered seminars on after-school programs, crime reduction, long-term care, social and emotional learning standards, and the economic safety net.
The Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars network is directed by Karen Bogenschneider of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Founding partners for the seminars include the Institute for Juvenile Research in the Department of Psychiatry on the Chicago campus and the Department of Human and Community Development and the School of Social Work on the Urbana-Champaign campus.
