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STATE SEMINARS PUBLICATIONS FAMILY DATA FAMILY IMPACT   Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars UW-Madison/Extension 3rd Fl Middleton Bldg 1305 Linden Drive Madison WI 53706 Phone: 608-263-2353 Fax: 608-265-6048	Family Impact Seminar State Sites The PINFIS Network -- Choose State -- Alabama Arizona California District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Texas Utah Virginia Wisconsin The Family Impact Seminars—a series of seminars, discussion sessions, and briefing reports—provide state policymakers with nonpartisan, solution-oriented research on family issues such as after-school programs, children’s health insurance, early childhood care and education, juvenile crime, and welfare reform. The Family Impact Seminars were created to better connect research and policy, and to promote a family perspective in policymaking. Over half of the states in the country—27 states and the District of Columbia—are part of the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars network and are currently conducting or planning to conduct Family Impact Seminars in their capitals. The Seminars target state policymakers, including legislators, legislative aides, governor’s office staff, legislative service agency staff, and agency representatives. The traditional format of the 2-hour seminars consists of three 20-minute presentations given by a panel of premier researchers, program directors, and policy analysts. For each seminar, discussion sessions are held and a background briefing report summarizes high-quality research on the issue in a succinct, easy-to-understand format. Each state conducts one or two seminars a year, usually in the state capitol building, on an issue identified by a bipartisan group of state legislators. The Seminars are sponsored primarily by universities and Cooperative Extension. If you would like additional information about the Family Impact Seminars, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page. If you have any questions, contact Director Karen Bogenschneider. Download the Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars brochure. (pdf)
	If you have trouble accessing this page, require this information in an alternative format, or wish to request a reasonable accommodation because of a disability contact Jennifer Seubert at info@familyimpactseminars.org or 608-263-2353. California capitol photo courtesy of Marcel Marchon, ©2007.