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June 12, 2008

Supporting Low-income Fathers: Working Towards Healthy Families and Strong Communities

Presented by Jacquelyn Boggess, J.D.

Jacquelyn Boggess is the co-director of the Center for Family Policy and Practice (CFPP). She has worked with the CFPP since its inception in 1995 and is the project director for the Center's Legal Assistance Project. The project is designed to provide legal information and education about child support to low-income parents.

Boggess has expertise in state and federal child support and paternity establishment law and policy, with a particular emphasis on low-income, never-married fathers. She has also developed a Q&A legal resource and co-authored a child support manual for parents and practitioners who have questions and concerns about child support and paternity establishment. Boggess is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison Law School.

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The Greatest Untapped Natural Resource: Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Father Involvement

Policy, Politics, and the Public Good

Maureen Reed, M.D.

Maureen Reed has dedicated her career to delivering better health outcomes for Minnesotans and is a former medical director of HealthPartners. Reed is a nationally sought speaker on health care quality, health care improvement, and patient safety.

Reed served on the University of Minnesota's Board of Regents from 1997-2005 (and chaired the Board from 2001-2003). In addition to her clinical and administrative expertise, Reed extended her advocacy and policy skills as Peter Hutchinson’s running mate in Minnesota’s 2006 gubernatorial race.

Reed graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where she also completed her residency in internal medicine. She is an adjunct instructor with the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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