Webinars & Presentations

Below are resources related to past NWLC webinars, conference calls and other presentations. Please see our list of upcoming calls & webinars.

 

Audio Recording for Early Childhood: Debt Deal's Impact on Early Childhood Programs

August 16, 2011

Helen Blank from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), Adele Robinson from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Danielle Ewen from CLASP and Harriet Dichter from the First Five Years Fund provided an overview of the debt deal's implications for early childhood programs and other safety net programs.

Transcript for Early Childhood: Debt Deal's Impact on Early Childhood Programs

August 16, 2011

Helen Blank from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), Adele Robinson from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Danielle Ewen from CLASP, and Harriet Dichter from the First Five Years Fund provided an overview of the debt deal's implications for early childhood programs and other safety net programs.

Know Your Rights: A Conference Call for Pregnant and Parenting Students

August 15, 2011

Pregnant and parenting students have a right to equal educational opportunities! Interested? Get more information about protections for students against discrimination.

Expert Speakers Included:

  • Lara S. Kaufmann, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
  • Jeanette Pai-Espinosa, President, National Crittenton Foundation

August 2011 Reform Matters Conference Call Materials

August 05, 2011

The special August 2011 Reform Matters Conference Call discusses the HH Regulations on women's preventive health services to be covered without cost-sharing. 

Webinar Presentation: What's at Stake for Women and Families in Today's Budget Debates

June 22, 2011

Slides and webinar recording explain the threats posed to women by current debates around the budget and deficit reduction, and ways to take action.

June 2011 Reform Matters Conference Call Materials

June 09, 2011

The June Reform Matters conference call provided updates, on the implementation process of the ACA, the Congressional budget fight and the impact on Medicaid and the ACA, as well a discussion of the latest polling around the ACA.

Webinar Presentation: Understanding and Beating Slash-onomics

June 08, 2011

On June 7, 2011, the National Women's Law Center, in co-sponsorship with the Coalition on Human Needs and Community Action Partnership, presented on the dangerous budget proposals currently being discussed in Congress. The presentations explained the unprecedented seriousness of the threats and show the impact of the most prominent plans to cut, cap, and restrict the federal role in meeting the needs of low-income and vulnerable people. 

Presentation on Child Care Assistance and School Readiness

May 20, 2011

At the 2011 National Smart Start Conference, Helen Blank and Karen Schulman presented on states’ current child care assistance policies based on NWLC’s most recent report and discussed how both these policies as well as decisions about the administration of the subsidy system are connected to ensuring that children enter school ready to succeed.

May 2011 Reform Matters Conference Call Materials

May 12, 2011

The May 2011 Reform Matters confernce call discussed legislative efforts in the states that would ban insurance coverage of abortion and/or abortion coverage in the Exhanges of the Affordable Care Act.

Audio Recording and Transcript for Early Childhood: What Happened in FY 2011 CR and What's Next for FY 2012

May 02, 2011

Helen Blank from the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) discusses how the budget increases in FY 2011 affect the current gaps in child care and early learning, implementation issues around the competitive grant program to improve state early child care and education systems, and implications of the FY 2012 budget decisions for early childhood programs as well as other key supports for low-income children and families.