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Welfare Working Group
Forum programme

Special video presentations

The following video presentations were part of the Welfare Working Group Forum programme. They are:

Michael Mendelson of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy (Canada) speaks about what New Zealand can learn from the Canadian experience.

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Peter Saunders speaks on international perspectives on welfare.

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Charles Waldegrave from The Family Centre, Coordinator of the Family Centre Pākehā (European) Section and leader of the Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit (Wellington, New Zealand) speaks about the issues he would like to see included in the Working Group’s considerations.

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The following videos also provide useful information:

The Manpower Research and Demonstration Corporation (MDRC), a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy organisation, provide a useful overview of research into the issues being considered by the Working Group.

Impacts of Welfare-to-Work Programs on Children
Drawing from some of MDRCs most consequential recent research results, this five-minute video describes how different welfare reform strategies affect the well-being of children and adolescents. Ginger Knox presents.

 

Effective Ways to Move Welfare Recipients into Work
The most effective strategy for increasing welfare recipients employment and earnings is neither to help them find jobs first nor to encourage them to enroll in education and training programs first. Find out what works best in this seven-minute video presentation, which summarizes the findings from 16 years of rigorous research in sites across the country. Gayle Hamilton presents.