Family Town Meeting

DateJune 19 1992

Can DescriptionsMaster Specials X5957 Family Town Meeting Rec. 6/19/92

AbstractSlate: ‘Family Town Meeting VTR: X5957 Rec. 6/11/92 Air. 6/22/92 Dir: Hennessey’; Title: “Family Town Meeting”; Chet Curtis and Natalie Jacobson hosting a Family Works Special; subject of special is family and work; Andria Hall as cohost; stress, barely making it and health insurance; audience talks about payments, welfare and the working poor; cut to black; example of the benefit of an onsite daycare, fitness center, and dry cleaning at work; Karen Sabatino on the subject; Rick Fox, of the Westland Creamery and Rosemary Heinhold of the Small Business Service Bureau on the subject; benefits vs. jobs; flexibility; government mandates on small businesses; job flight from Massachusetts; collective efforts; cut to black; jobs and how they affect parents; layoffs; sensitivity to single parents; Senator Patricia McGovern on the subject of the economy and government leadership roles; Secretary of Consumer Affairs Gloria Larson on the subject; Children’s Advocate George Bachrach on the subject; Family Policy Expert Dr. Ann Bookman on the subject; cut to black; daycare and babysitting costs; Professor Connie Williams of Heller School/Brandeis University on the subject; lack of provided resources for workers; barriers to build infrastructure; cut to black; public investment in childcare, affordable childcare; state neglect; cut to black; higher taxes, tax credits for daycares, incentives; end credits.

OtherCredits; Producer: Debra Shapiro; Director: Donna Hennessey; Associate Producer: Susan Lawrence.