Thursday, June 28

12:00 – 4:00 PM REGISTRATION

1:00 – 2:45 PM OPENING SESSION

Welcome

Keynote Address

"The Future of Families in the 21st Century:

Hunches, Probabilities, and Possibilities"; Barbara Settles, Professor, University of Delaware

The underlying trends that affect families' choices for the future and the roles families have in shaping the future will be explored.

2:45 – 3:00 PM Break

3:00 – 4:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Papers)

1. Issues in Aging

"Building and Utilizing Reliable Senior Sexual Health Information Networks"; Kimberly Wallet-Chalambaga & Michael S. Chalambaga

"Families and the Future: Integrating Theory and Research on Family Caregiving and Alzheimer's Disease"; Annabel Agee & Priscilla White Blanton

"Income Security for an Aging Population: A Global Challenge"; Sandra A. Helmick & Jeonghee Seo

2. Welfare Reform

"Gender, Race, and Family Poverty in the United States"; Anne Bailey

"Strong Families—Safe Communities: A Welfare to Work Pilot Program"; Donna L Graham & Mary M. Whan

"Who Gets Sanctioned Under Welfare Reform? Evidence from Child Support Enforcement in Illinois"; Yunhee Chang, Andrea H. Beller, & Elizabeth Powers
 
 

4:00 – 4:15 PM Break

4:15 – 5:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Panels)

"Creating Family and Consumer Sciences--Community Collaborations for Service Learning Opportunities in Higher Education"; Alyce Blackmon, Jerry Ann Harrel-Smith, Gerry Luethy, Allen Martin, & Roberta Mauksch

"Rural Economics and Family Life: Challenges Ahead for Children and Families"; Harriet Shaklee, Linda Webb, & Linda Fox
 
 

5:30 – 7:30 PM RECEPTION

Improvisational Theater Group

Improv Jones, Providence, RI

Network with conference participants and enjoy an improvisational performance. Improv Jones, an improvisational theater group in Providence, will provide entertainment--and perhaps some different perspectives on the face of families in the future--with a presentation related to our conference theme. Members of the theater group will stay following the presentation to interact with conference participants.
 
 

Friday, June 29

7:00 – 8:15 AM REGISTRATION

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

DISPLAYS AND DISCUSSION

Posters
 
 

"Incorporating Financial Management in Work Force Training"; Sharon P. Blase

"Is Family Beyond Justice? Exploring Determinants of Wives' Perceived Fairness About the Division of Household Labor and Child Care in Thailand"; Tippavan Surinya & Geraldine Olson

"Perceived Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Self-Concept in Armenian American Families"; Marina O'Leary & Scott W. Plunkett

"Personal and Work Life Issues: FL 1100--Critical Issues in Family Life Core Course for the College of Family Life"; Carrie Dabb, Ann Austin, & Bonita Wyse

"PowerPoint Slides for Money Management Volunteer Training"; L. Dawn Barnes, Cristin Campbell, Barbara Howe, & Irene Leech

"Preserving Our Spiritual Heritage: Nurturing Families Through Creative Community Collaborations"; Gloria Warren

"Retirement Preparation of North and South Dakota Farm/Ranch Households"; Debra L. Pankow, Bernadine L. Enevoldsen, & Elizabeth E. Gorham

"The Role of Family and Consumer Sciences Professionals in Youth Violence Prevention Initiatives"; Jamie Branam Kridler

"Student Perceptions of Poverty: A Pilot Study"; Martha S. Brown, Linda F. Gardner, Victoria Marie Gribschaw, Lynette Olson, Rosa Purcell, & Kay M. Wilder

"University Students' Knowledge of Credit and Credit Card Usage"; Marie Saracino, Janie Kenner, Lisa Mize, & Phyllis Gilbert

Curriculum/Program Showcases

"Adult Children and Aging Parents: Conversations between Generations"; Patricia K. Gorman, Colleen D. Jolly, & D. Elizabeth Kiss

"The Cash Kids-A Money Management Curriculum for First and Second Grade Students"; Wanda W. Shelby & Candace Carrie

"Economic Trends: New Investment Choices for the New Millennium"; Barbara O'Neill

"Families and the New Millennium: A Journal Showcase of the Michigan Family Review"; Libby Balter Blume & Anne K. Soderman

"Families First--Nutrition Education and Wellness System (FF-News) Program"; Rossia Brown-Broughton & Irene K. Lee

"Integrating System of Care in Interdisciplinary Field Placements"; Sarah M. Shoffner

"Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program"; Ann Graves and Lynn Pike

"Missouri Volunteer Resource Mothers"; Lynn Pike and Ann Graves

"Money Talks--Should I Be Listening"; Shirley S. Peterson, Karen P. Varcoe, Paula René-Fitch, Allen Martin, Connie Costello, Constance L. Garrett & Charles G. Go

"Promote a Balanced Lifestyle"; Katey Walker, Emily Mark, & Elaine Johannes

"Put Your Skills to Work: An Employment Education Program for Low-Income Hispanics"; Marilyn Cross Bischoff & Linda Gossett

"Working Through Community Models: Texans Building Character Training Initiative"; Sue Lynn Sasser, Linda Ladd, Kathy Volanty, & Martha Couch

"Young Scholars Program"; Dorothy M. Taggart and Irene K. Lee

8:30 – 9:45 AM GENERAL SESSION

Keynote Address

"Family Economic Puzzles and Possibilities"; Jan Hogan, Professor, University of Minnesota

What is the good life? How have families found paths to economic stability and upward mobility? Trends will be explored to identify the puzzles and possibilities for the good life.

9:45 – 10:00 AM Break

10:00 – 11:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Papers)

1. Financial Well-Being

"Before and After: The Perceived Impact of the MONEY 2000 Program Upon Participants' Personal Finances"; Barbara O'Neill, Jing Xiao, Barbara Bristow, Patricia Brennan, & Claudia Kerbel

"Student Credit Card Debt: Looking Beyond the Financial Issue"; Ruth H. Lytton, Lorraine R. Decker, & John Grable

"The Financial Well-Being of Marine Corps Families"; Karen Varcoe, Nancy B. Lees, Joan Wright, & Neal Emper

2. Well-Being of Children and Youth

"Issues Facing Rural Youth and a Framework for Positive Change"; Danny Perkins

"Maternal Age at Transition to Parenthood as a Predictor of Children's Perceptions of Well-Being"; Denise Judd Brandon & Jo Lynn Cunningham

11:00 – 11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Panels)

"The Faces of Rural Families Four Years after Welfare Reform"; Bonnie Braun, Karen Varcoe, Sharon Burgess Seiling, Sheila Mammen, Frances C. Lawrence & Kathy Prochaska-Cue

"Facilitating Students' Understanding of Issues and Trends

Affecting Families Through Service Learning"; Jo Lynn Cunningham, Gerald Campbell, Sammie Garner, Karen Goebel, Martha Herndon

12:45 – 2:15 PM NETWORKING LUNCHEON

Presentation of Graduate Student Paper Awards

(FERM Division)

Denise Judd Brandon (FRHD Division)

Luncheon Address

"Advocacy for Families: Achieving Justice and Equity for ALL"; Henry Shelton, Director, George Wiley Center, Pawtucket, RI

The strategies and success of a statewide educational and advocacy organization will be described, along with a discussion of current goals and needs for families in the future.

2:30 – 3:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Papers)

1. Public Information and Educational Programming

"The Second Time Around"; Jane Hall Hinrichsen

"What Consumers Gain in Television Shopping Programs: An Informational Perspective on TV Shopping"; Jing Zhao & Margaret M. Sanik

2. Perspectives in Family Functioning

"Business Tensions and Success in Farm Family Businesses"; Sharon M. Danes & Sayali Amarapurkar

"Home Centered Recreation: Strengthening Family Values"; Diane S. Smith & S. Harold Smith

"Integration of the Levels of Change into Family Resource Management Theory"; Aimee D. Prawitz & M. E. (Betsy) Garrison

3:30 – 3:45 PM Break

3:45 – 5:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Panels)

"The Changing Role of Early Childhood Education: Integrating the Italian and American Models"; Cynthia E. Johnson

"Online Policies: Ambiguity, Security, and Privacy"; Joan Kinney, Karen Goebel, Dean Forbes