The Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS) is the first of its kind to focus on the integrated and interdisciplinary development of policy solutions to problems faced by American workers and families. Programs address increasing access to health care, improving protections for workers on leave from their jobs, supporting workers in flexible workplaces, and ensuring that seniors are secure during retirement.
Berkeley CHEFS is led by a strong interdisciplinary team of faculty co-directors - Professors Jacob Hacker (political science), Mary Ann Mason (social welfare), and Stephen Sugarman (law) -- and Executive Director Ann O'Leary. This leadership team draws in faculty experts in law, social welfare, public health, political science, public policy and economics, to conduct applied research and construct research-based policies to assist the engineering of legislative, institutional, and regulatory reforms.