Enclosed in this Zip file are three graphics Ascend often uses to convey the two-generation approach to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty for families: the 2Gen continuum, the 2Gen core components, and the legacy of opportunity graphic. We encourage you to use these graphics in your own communications, and kindly request that you attribute…

Hawai‘i has launched a dramatic new approach to the delivery of human services. Called ‘Ohana Nui, it seeks to break generational patterns of poverty by concurrently addressing all of the basic health and human services needs of the entire family, rather than doing so in a piece-meal fashion. Bringing together Hawai‘i’s Departments of Human Services…

Early childhood programs have proven to be strong platforms for two-generation (2Gen) approaches. Over the last three years, the Educare Learning Network and Buffett Foundation supported four dynamic Educare sites around the country in exploring and advancing 2Gen approaches. Learn about the goals of this effort, key components of their implementation efforts, and opportunities and challenges.…

Because of recent legislation passed in February and March of this year, the federal government will be providing significant new funding to state and local governments in 2018 and future years through an array of programs serving low-income children and parents. These new funding streams, and the legislations’ increased focus on improving outcomes using evidence-based…

The two-generation (2Gen) field is rapidly advancing: scalable and replicable solutions exist and are being expanded. States Leading the Way: Practical Solutions that Lift Up Children and Families lifts up the most promising, actionable solutions from seven states that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty for families in the US.  June 2018.