As the debate about tax reform rages in Washington, how should we think about opportunities to ensure the tax code bolsters families of all types? A bipartisan group of thinkers from Capita, New America’s Better Life Lab, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center will host a roundtable breakfast to share their thoughts and hear from participants. We will present findings from Capita’s report, Invisible Labor, Visible Needs: Making Family Policy Work for Stay-At-Home (And All) Parents, and conduct an active dialogue around the Child Tax Credit, Child & Dependent Care Tax Credit, and other areas of tax reform that impact families. Our hope is to enhance the understanding of these issues and possible action steps, and to inform the work of the host organizations as we engage with lawmakers.
This event is by invitation only, and is not open to the public. If you would like more information about the event, please email elliot@capita.org.
About the speakers
Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where his work focuses on developing a robust pro-family economic agenda and supporting families as the cornerstone of a healthy and flourishing society. His writing has been published in The New York Times, National Review, Politico, The Washington Post, and USA Today, and he has spoken on college campuses and Capitol Hill on topics from welfare reform to child-care and education policy. Patrick graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in political science and economics. He also holds a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He and his wife Jessica have four young children and live in Columbia, S.C.
Rebecca Gale is an award-winning journalist with years of experience covering the nexus of politics and people in Washington, D.C. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Health Affairs, among other outlets. She currently works as a writer for the Better Life Lab at New America, a DC-based think tank, where she focuses on gender, work, family and child care. She served as a White House appointee under President Barack Obama at the Department of Commerce and a decade on Capitol Hill before switching to journalism. Rebecca’s writing has covered a variety of policy topics, including child care, health care, housing, paid family leave, workplace policies, and law. She has been a guest on NPR, MSNBC, and CSPAN to discuss her stories.
Ivana Greco is a homemaker and homeschooling mother of three children. She also writes and conducts research on issues impacting homemakers, mothers, children, and families. She serves on the advisory board for the Center on Child and Family Policy. Ivana’s writing has been published with numerous think tanks and leading publications, including American Compass, National Affairs, the Institute for Family Studies, and The American Conservative. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2011, and was a practicing attorney before becoming a homemaker.
Elliot Haspel is a nationally-recognized child and family policy expert and commentator, with specialties in early childhood and education issues, as well as the linkage between climate change and early childhood. He is the author of Crawling Behind: America’s Childcare Crisis and How to Fix It (Black Rose, 2019) and a second forthcoming book on child care policy (Oxford University Press, 2025), in addition to several policy reports. Elliot has appeared on television as an analyst, including on The PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff, and his writings have appeared in a wide variety of top publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. Elliot is regularly sought out by journalists, and has been quoted in such mediums as NPR and TIME Magazine. He lives in Denver with his spouse and two children, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Early Childhood Policy at the University of Colorado-Denver.
