The U.S. Census Bureau has announced plans to develop a supplemental poverty measure based on recommendations by the National Academy of Sciences. This modern assessment of deprivation will be released initially in the fall of 2011 and will be used alongside the official poverty measure, developed half a century ago.

Hear from the top about what the administration's key issues are and how the process will work. Find out why the supplemental poverty measure gets and deserves support across the political spectrum. Learn about state and local efforts to adopt more accurate measures of poverty.
Date: Wednesday April 21, 2010
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 ET
Moderator: Clifford Johnson, National League of Cities
Speakers: Rebecca M. Blank, Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
Ron Haskins, The Brookings Institution Center on Children and Families
Mark Levitan, New York City Center For Economic Opportunity

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