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Two-Generation Implementation & Policy Issues. Nisha Patel Helping Parents, Helping Children: Exploring the Promise of Two-Generation Programs May 22, 2014. What is a two-generation approach?.
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Two-Generation Implementation & Policy Issues Nisha Patel Helping Parents, Helping Children: Exploring the Promise of Two-Generation Programs May 22, 2014
What is a two-generation approach? Two-generation approaches provide opportunities for and meet the needs of children and their parents together.
Ascend Network Mobilize empowered two-generation organizations and leaders to influence policy and practice changes that increase economic security, educational success, social capital, and health and well-being for children, parents and their families.
58 Network members span the country • 24 states and the District of Columbia.
Early Childhood & Human Services 1. Head Start & Early Head Start: Strengthen family supports & increase emphasis on parents’ role as breadwinners as well as caregivers. 2. Child Care & Development Block Grant: Increase access & quality of early childhood settings & ensure greater access to job training and education for parents. 3. Home Visiting: Increase efforts to support economic security outcomes. 4. TANF: Redesign it to focus on employment, education, & economic security outcomes. 5. Child Support: Strengthen family connections through support & promotion of work opportunities for non-custodial parents.
Postsecondary Ed/Workforce, Health & Well-Being, & Social Capital 6. Bundled Services: Promote cross-system collaboration between human services agencies & community colleges to increase benefits access for student parents. 7. Financial Aid: Increase college access & completion through financial aid policies that more accurately reflect needs of student parents. 8. Health Care Coverage: Increase access, recognizing it is a major factor in family well-being, economic stability, and a host of positive life outcomes. 9. Mental Health: Maximize opportunities for whole-family diagnosis & treatment. 10. Social Capital: Support research agenda on application of social capital to improve cognitive, behavioral, & academic outcomes for children, & boost education and economic outcomes for parents.
For more information Nisha Patel Deputy Director, Ascend The Aspen Institute One DuPont Circle, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 nisha.patel@aspeninstitute.org 202.736.2902 Website: ascend.aspeninstitute.org Twitter:@aspenascend