Every year, at least 2,000 children die of maltreatment. Many of the adults responsible for their deaths were known to child welfare services or law enforcement before the fatal incident occurred. Unfortunately, state governments fail to count many of these deaths or release information that would help determine their causes. Why is this? How can we prevent these deaths?

Join us for the public launch of Lives Cut Short, a joint project of the American Enterprise Institute and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill devoted to documenting these tragedies and understanding the circumstances and policy failures that led to them.

Agenda

9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks:
Naomi Schaefer Riley, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

9:05 a.m.
Presentation:
Emily Putnam-Hornstein, John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for Children in Need, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

9:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion

Panelists:
Sarah Font, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
Antonio Garcia, Buckhorn Professor of Social Work, University of Kentucky
John Mattingly, Former Commissioner, New York City Administration for Children’s Services
Viola Vaughan-Eden, Professor, Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University

Moderator:
Naomi Schaefer Riley, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

10:15 a.m.
Q&A

10:30 a.m.
Adjournment