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Lessons and Innovations from the 2Gen Field Despite demographic shifts that have been forming for decades, old narratives continue to linger in the Un...
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In the poem “A Brave and Startling Truth,” Maya Angelou talks about the two important parts of what it means to be human: the journey we t...
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The LAVC Family Resource Center (FRC) provides support services to student-parents and their young children, trains the early care and education work...
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Almost half of all children in the US are born into low-income families, and the inequality gap is growing, leaving the American Dream out of reach fo...
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Throughout 2015, Ascend is hosting a series of webinars in which we go in-depth with Network Partners and leaders in the field working in specific con...
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This blog is shared courtesy of the Ascend Network Partner National Head Start Association. The orgainzation's mission is to coalesce, inspire, a...