This case study captures Maryland’s 2Gen approach from community innovation to statewide policy adoption. It lifts up local strategies such as common intake practices, creative partnerships with community colleges, supportive housing, workforce development, and Kinship Navigators (supporting family caregivers for children whose parents are temporarily or permanently unable to fulfill their parenting obligations) serving as…

This report captures insights and lessons of the pioneering practitioners leading Community Action Agencies, women’s funds, community colleges, Head Start programs, and workforce development boards.

The purpose of this guidebook is to help organization and agency leaders set goals and develop measures to track their progress and achievement of 2Gen change. The introduction begins with definitions of key terms used throughout the guidebook, then provides a brief history of the 2Gen approach and describes lessons learned that inform today’s “2Gen…

For human services work, first impressions often begin with client intake. Intake processes give organizations an opportunity to start their interactions with families with a two-generation (2Gen) approach. Garret County Community Action Committee (GCCAC), a leading 2Gen organization in rural western Maryland, has designed its intake process to ensure a 2Gen approach from the very…

This brief, based on research and a series of interviews, discusses the history, development, successes, and remaining challenges of the District’s 2Gen poverty alleviation approach for families. It also addresses the continuing development of DC’s work, which positions the city to extend the 2Gen framework to families experiencing homelessness, as well. In the words of…

Over the last decade, Ascend has worked with and learned from more than 50 parents across the country. Our learnings have demonstrated the importance of intentionality when lifting and centering parent perspectives, as well as connecting with parents themselves to gain their expertise and knowledge. From this journey, we developed a set of principles intended…