Tying the Knot after Welfare Reform: Is it Working for Low-Income Americans?
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

ATLANTA - Dr. Rukmalie Jayakody, associate professor of human development, family studies, and demography at Penn State University, will present "Marriage After Welfare Reform," the final lecture in this spring's Child Policy Speaker Series.  The series is sponsored by the Child Policy Initiative. 

Dr. Jayakody, who also serves as a research associate at the Population Research Institute, has conducted extensive studies on how the much-debated national welfare reform bill has changed - or not changed - the dynamics of marriage among low-income couple.  Is marriage really a way to escape from government support?  Has domestic violence increased since welfare reform?

The program is scheduled for Monday, April 26, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. at 012 Aderhold Learning Center, located at 60 Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta.

Located in the Georgia Health Policy Center of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, the Child Policy Initiative works to improve the quality of child policy in Georgia through the skillful application of current research and analysis. 

For more information, visit www.gsu.edu/ghpc.

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• Child Policy Speaker Series, sponsored by the Child Policy Initiative at Georgia State University
• Monday, April 26, 2004 at 2:30 p.m.
• 012 Aderhold Learning Center, 60 Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta
• Dr. Rukmalie Jayakody, "Marriage After Welfare Reform,"

CONTACT:
Martha Nunez, Child Policy Initiative
404.463.9563
marthanu@gsu.edu