If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. This is the first of 15 videos of this conference, which was held on May 13, 2014, at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA). It was a first-of-its-kind forum for innovative economic strengthening research dedicated to improving health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children, adolescents, families, and communities in low-resource settings, including children affected by HIV/AIDS and humanitarian disasters. This conference was organized by Fred Ssewamala, Associate Professor in SSA and Director of the Columbia University International Center for Child Health and Asset Development. The presenters at this session were Fred Ssewamala; Robert Chaskin, Associate Professor in SSA; Deborah Gorman-Smith, Professor in SSA; and Neil Guterman, Dean and Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor, SSA.