Substantive Aspects of Family Law & Public Policy Partnership Entrances & Exits Week 5 Marriage Policies & Marriage Promotion: pp. 1-64 Feb 13* & 15 Healthy Marriage Initiative; Defense of Marriage Act; Covenant Marriage Edin & Reed, Don’t They Just Get “Why Should Policymakers Promote Marriage Married?” Among the Economically Disadvantaged? Alternatives to Marriage: Cohabitation, Domestic Partnerships, and Meezan & Rauch, Marriage, Same-Sex “Gay Civil Unions Parenting…” 2/15 VIDEO: the Knot” “Tying Week 6 Divorce: pp. 79-195 Feb 20* & 22 No Fault Divorce Laws Property Division, Alimony, Child June Carbone, feminist perspective on “A Support, Custody divorce” Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) pp. 196-203 Week 7 Feb 27 Guest Lecture—VOICE on VAWA Midterm Review Mar 1 MIDTERM EXAM Policies for Children, Youth, & Families: Family Health & Well-being Week 8 Welfare Reform (TANF) Mark Greenberg, et al. 1996 Welfare “The Mar 6* & 8 Law” 3/8 VIDEO: Day’s Work, A Day’s Pay” “A Week 9 Spring Break!!! no Classes Week 10 Foster Care, Kinship Care, and Adoption pp.65-78 Mar 20* & 22 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Carol Tebben, family lawyer’s guide to the “A Indian Child Welfare Act” (available: InfoTrac database, MSU) [Optional: Allen & Bissell, & Stability “Safety for Foster Children: The policy context”] Week 11 Food Insecurity and Nutrition Programs: food insecurity and the federal child “Obesity, Mar 27* & 29 School Lunch Programs, Food Stamps, nutrition programs: Understanding the linkages” Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Health Care and Child Well-Being Medicaid/CHIPS TBD: Health care policy [Optional: Mann et al., “Historical overview of children’s health care coverage”] Work & Family Issues Week 12 Work and Family: The Conflicts Between Gornick pp. 1-83 Apr 3* & 5 Earning and Caring Week 13 Ensuring Time to Care: Gornick pp. 84-184 Apr 10* & 12 Family Leave Policy Work Regulatory Policies
Substantive Aspects of Family Law & Public Policy Partnership Entrances & Exits Week 5 Feb 13* & 15 Marriage Policies & Marriage Promotion: Healthy Marriage Initiative; Defense of Marriage Act; Covenant Marriage Should Policymakers Promote Marriage Among the Economically Disadvantaged? Alternatives to Marriage: Cohabitation, Domestic Partnerships, and Civil Unions 2/15 VIDEO: “Tying the Knot” pp. 1-64 Edin & Reed, “Why Don’t They Just Get Married?” Meezan & Rauch, “Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Parenting…” Week 6 Feb 20* & 22 Divorce: No Fault Divorce Laws Property Division, Alimony, Child Support, Custody pp. 79-195 June Carbone, “A feminist perspective on divorce” Week 7 Feb 27 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Guest Lecture—VOICE on VAWA Midterm Review pp. 196-203 Mar 1 MIDTERM EXAM Policies for Children, Youth, & Families: Family Health & Well-being Week 8 Mar 6* & 8 Welfare Reform (TANF) 3/8 VIDEO: “A Day’s Work, A Day’s Pay” Mark Greenberg, et al. “The 1996 Welfare Law” Week 9 no Classes Spring Break!!! Week 10 Mar 20* & 22 Foster Care, Kinship Care, and Adoption Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) pp.65-78 Carol Tebben, “A family lawyer’s guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act” (available: InfoTrac database, MSU) [Optional: Allen & Bissell, “Safety & Stability for Foster Children: The policy context”] Week 11 Mar 27* & 29 Food Insecurity and Nutrition Programs: School Lunch Programs, Food Stamps, Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Health Care and Child Well-Being Medicaid/CHIPS “Obesity, food insecurity and the federal child nutrition programs: Understanding the linkages” TBD: Health care policy [Optional: Mann et al., “Historical overview of children’s health care coverage”] Work & Family Issues Week 12 Apr 3* & 5 Work and Family: The Conflicts Between Earning and Caring Gornick pp. 1-83 Week 13 Apr 10* & 12 Ensuring Time to Care: Family Leave Policy Work Regulatory Policies Gornick pp. 84-184
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