National Student Parent Month Toolkit

September is National Student Parent Month, a time to recognize student parents and the determination, leadership, and lived experience they bring to their families, campuses, and communities.

Through the new strategic framework Forward With Families, Ascend at the Aspen Institute is working to amplify ideas and initiatives that make life affordable, economic mobility possible, and security attainable for every family in America. Supporting student parents is an important part of that work.

We invite you to join us in raising awareness of the challenges student parents face and sharing the proven and promising solutions that can help them thrive.

This toolkit includes adaptable social media language and graphics to support your participation throughout September.

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2Gen eNews: March 2025
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2Gen eNews: February 2025
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2Gen eNews: January 2025
January 5, 2026
New Moms Executive Skills Overview
January 5, 2026
Executive Skills for Goal Achievement: Coaching Practitioner Workbook
January 5, 2026
Bright Path Impact Sheet
January 5, 2026
Harnessing Executive Skills for Goal Achievement: Bright Path Workshop
January 5, 2026
Bright Path: Coaching for Human Service Organizations (2Gen Concept Poster)
December 22, 2025
Walk With Us: Valley Settlement’s Technical Assistance Program
December 22, 2025
Valley Settlement Implementation Guide
December 22, 2025
UTEC 2Gen Best Practices: Testimonials from Young Parents
December 22, 2025
Guide to Advocacy and Policymaking for Systems Change
December 22, 2025
UTEC Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report: Outcomes & Impact
December 22, 2025
Dual Generation Family-Centered Coaching Guide and Toolkit
December 22, 2025
Holistic Prosperity: An Abundance-Based Framework
December 22, 2025
Bright Path: Coaching for Human Services Organizations
December 22, 2025
Training Family Leaders as Community Health Workers: DC Policy Brief
December 22, 2025
Addressing the Benefits Cliff: Chance TN Pilot
December 22, 2025
Shifting the Paradigm in Workforce Development: Coaching-Centered Practice
December 22, 2025
LIFT Technical Assistance Model: Advancing Family Economic Mobility
December 22, 2025
Jeremiah Program Strategic Priorities
December 22, 2025
Whole Family Approach (2Gen WFA) Training Curriculum
December 22, 2025
Child Homelessness Intercept Mapping & Engagement (CHIME): Improving Systems of Care for Children Experiencing Homelessness
December 22, 2025
CHIME Outcomes: One-Pager Overview
December 22, 2025
2Gen Employment Best Practices Checklist
December 22, 2025
Best Practices Guide: Creating Transformational Outcomes for Families
December 22, 2025
Policy Recommendations: State and Federal Rules Re: Child Care Subsidies
December 22, 2025
Community Outreach and Engagement: Issue and Recommendation Brief
December 22, 2025
Community Outreach and Engagement: Implementation Toolkit
December 22, 2025
Baby Steps Quarterly Analysis and Evaluation
December 22, 2025
Baby Steps – Policy Recommendations
December 22, 2025
Baby Steps – Issue and Recommendation Brief
December 22, 2025
Baby Steps Implementation Toolkit: Supporting Infant Care Growth and Provider Longevity
December 22, 2025
We Make the Road by Walking with Families: 35 years of Systems Change at Briya Public Charter School
December 17, 2025
Principios para Involucrar a los Padres y Centrar su Voz
September 16, 2025
Student Parents at the Center
April 15, 2025
Introducing the 2Gen Collaborative Toolkit
December 12, 2024
Where America Agrees: The 2Gen Approach Unites Voters for Families
December 10, 2024
Systemic, Measurable & Sustainable Strategies for Student Parent Success
October 29, 2024
Certification & Training for Community Mental Health Workers
October 23, 2024
Young Parents’ Advocacy for Policy & Systems Change
October 23, 2024
Family-Centered Coaching Toolkit for Economic Mobility
October 23, 2024
Executive Skills Training for Human Service Organizations
October 23, 2024
Family Coaching & Transitional Supports to Mitigate Benefits Cliff
October 23, 2024
Integrating Transformational Coaching into Government & Social Services
October 23, 2024
Whole Family Service Coordination Creating Pathways to Success
October 23, 2024
Mental Health in Employment Pathways for Intergenerational Transformation
October 23, 2024
Educating Immigrant Families Through a 2Gen Approach
September 12, 2024
Ascending with Parents: A Guide to Centering Parent Voice in Policy and Practice
May 29, 2024
Building Evidence Together for a Better Tomorrow
May 16, 2024
A 2Gen Approach in Wisconsin: A State Case Study for Systems Leaders & Policymakers
January 17, 2024
Meeting Young Parents Where They Dream: A Collaborative Framework for a 2Gen Approach in New Mexico
January 9, 2024
A 2Gen Approach in Minnesota: A State Case Study for Systems Leaders & Policymakers
December 18, 2023
Two-Generation Family Approaches to Citizenship
July 17, 2023
“We Are Here Too”: Who Are the 1 Million Fathers in College?
April 25, 2023
Meeting Young Parents Where They Dream: A Collaborative Framework for a 2Gen Approach in LA County
April 24, 2023
A Collaborative Implementation Evaluation of the Policy Acceleration Partnership (PAP) Program
April 7, 2023
Tapping the Talent of Student Parents: A Playbook for Postsecondary Leaders
March 10, 2023
Child Trends 2Gen Data Webcast Q&A
March 1, 2023
Data on Families with Low Incomes Across America Can Inform Two-Generation Approaches
January 11, 2023
Supporting Healthy Co-Parenting
January 11, 2023
2Gen Approach Fact Sheet
June 8, 2022
Two-Generation (2Gen) Social Graphics
April 29, 2022
Better Responses to Differing Immigration Statuses: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
April 29, 2022
Growing Language Skills with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
April 22, 2022
Template Family Prosperity Employer Outreach Letter
April 13, 2022
Four Employer Principles for Family Prosperity: Fact Sheet
April 13, 2022
Providing Employment and Income Supports When Noncustodial Parents Have Barriers to Payment
September 20, 2021
Family Success Plan: Family and Workforce Centers of America
August 3, 2021
2Gen Overview Video
July 30, 2021
Connecticuts’s Two-Generational (2Gen) Initiative
July 22, 2021
Cliff Effect Messaging Guide
June 16, 2021
Adopting Father-Inclusive and Supportive Principles Across Public and Private Funding Streams
June 16, 2021
Bringing Fathers Into Focus for Child and Family Well-Being
June 16, 2021
Ensuring Noncustodial Parent, Father-Inclusive Lenses Are Applied to Decision-Making
June 7, 2021
State of the Field: Two-Generation Approaches to Family Well-Being
May 12, 2021
Parent Voices at the Center – Webpage Guide
April 9, 2021
Parent Voices – What’s in a Word: “Family Well-Being”
April 9, 2021
Parent Voices – What’s in a Word?
April 9, 2021
Parent Voices – What’s in a Word: “Family Prosperity”
April 9, 2021
Parent Voices – What’s in a Word: “Ascending”
March 23, 2021
Aligning Systems: Aspen Early Childhood Development and Health Forums, 2017-2020
December 3, 2020
The Mental Health Challenges Experienced by Student Parents
October 23, 2020
State 2Gen Model: Maryland as a Case Study for Policymakers
October 23, 2020
2Gen Platforms for Scale: Whole-Family Approaches Rooted in Community with National Reach
October 23, 2020
Making Tomorrow Better Together: Process Outcomes and Measures for 2Gen Organizational Change
October 23, 2020
Building Strong Client Relationships: The Garrett County Community Action Committee Two-Generation Approach Begins with a Strong, Whole-Family Intake Process
October 23, 2020
Principles for Engaging and Centering Parent Voice
September 30, 2020
Understanding 2Gen
August 26, 2020
Implementing Sensible Debt Reduction Strategies
August 26, 2020
Centering Child Well-Being in Child Support Policy
July 14, 2020
Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Add High-Quality Non-Degree Pathways for Parents
July 14, 2020
Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Create Networks for Parents to Eliminate Social Stigma
July 14, 2020
Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Identify Mental Health and Well-being Interventions
July 14, 2020
Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Provide Financial Supports Responsive to Parents
July 14, 2020
Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Create a Family Friendly Campus
July 14, 2020
Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Leverage State and Federal Policy Opportunities
July 14, 2020
Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Confirm Parenting Status and Assess Barriers to Completion
June 16, 2020
Principles and Innovations to Drive Family Prosperity
June 16, 2020
Bold Ideas for Families
April 2, 2020
Aspen Institute Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative: Advisory Groups
December 31, 2019
Family-Centered Community Change: Supporting Families, Strengthening Neighborhoods
December 4, 2019
Evaluating Whole Family Approach Pilots: Metropolitan Action Commission 2Gen Evaluation Report
November 20, 2019
Resource Partnerships Matter: Funding a Whole Family Approach
November 14, 2019
Leadership in Action: An Anthology from the Aspen Institute Colorado Children and Families Fellowship
November 14, 2019
Aspen Postsecondary Success for Parents: Success in Workforce Programs for Parents
November 1, 2019
Whole Family Approach to Jobs: Helping Parents Work and Children Thrive- Lessons From The Field
October 23, 2019
Designing Your Own 2Gen Convening
October 16, 2019
Data Governance for Two-Generation Programs: Planning Toolkit
October 14, 2019
Brief III: One-Semester Effects of CareerAdvance on Child Attendance and Chronic Absence in Head Start
October 10, 2019
Family Prosperity Innovation Community Index
October 3, 2019
Young Parents Making Their Way: Combining Education and Work while Parenting
October 3, 2019
Supporting Young Parents as They Advance Their Education and Careers
October 1, 2019
Balancing Work with School and Training while Raising Young Children: A National Portrait of Young Parents, Their Schedules, and Children’s Care Arrangements
October 1, 2019
Young Parents Making their Way: Combining Education and Work while Parenting
September 16, 2019
Framing Two-Generation Approaches to Supporting Families: Messaging Guide
September 16, 2019
Framing Two-Generation Approaches to Supporting Families
July 31, 2019
Two-Generation Strategy Yields Promising Results: The LIFT-AppleTree Partnership Pilot Project
May 30, 2019
The Father Factor: A Critical Link In Building Family Prosperity
May 9, 2019
Tool: Hiring Coaching-Inclined People
May 9, 2019
Tool: Coaching Performance Self Assessment
May 9, 2019
Tool: Strength of Coaching Relationship Survey
May 9, 2019
Tool: Finding Coaching-Inclined Funders
May 9, 2019
Tool: Funding Coaching-Inclined Organizations
May 1, 2019
Brief II: The Effects of a Two-Generation Human Capital Program on Children’s Outcomes in Head Start
May 1, 2019
Brief I: One Year Effects of CareerAdvance on Parent Outcomes
April 30, 2019
Promising Practices: Child Care and Workforce System Integration and Program Sustainability
April 11, 2019
Accelerating Postsecondary Success for Parents: Identifying and Addressing Mental Health Needs
April 11, 2019
Parents in College: By the Numbers
March 13, 2019
Whole Family Approach Practice Transformation Stories
February 13, 2019
Building Pathways for Parents: Innovation for Work and Education
February 6, 2019
Whole Family Approach Transformation Stories
January 26, 2019
Jeremiah Progam: Boston Model
December 31, 2018
Advancing Racial Equity within Nonprofit Organizations: 2018 Research Results
December 31, 2018
Pathways to Success: A Family Progress Tool
December 31, 2018
Family Opportunity Roadmap: Austin/Travis County 2-Gen Strategic Plan 2019-2023
December 11, 2018
New Mexico Forum on Early Childhood Development and Family Well-Being
December 5, 2018
Healthy Families Checklist: Leveraging Medicaid for Our Youngest Children and Families
December 1, 2018
Whole Family Approach to Jobs: 6 State Policy Brief Addressing Benefit Cliffs
November 13, 2018
Providing Care and Custody With Dignity and Respect Within Colorado Division of Youth Services
November 7, 2018
Whole Family Building Blocks: Aligning High Quality, Intentional Intensive, Services to Parents and Children
November 1, 2018
Accelerating Postsecondary Success for Parents: Leveraging the Two-Generation Approach in Policy
November 1, 2018
Accelerating Postsecondary Success for Parents: Leveraging the Two-Generation Approach in Practice
October 31, 2018
Whole Family Building Blocks: Attending to Organizational Culture and Systems
August 1, 2018
The History of ‘Ohana Nui’: Transformation of the Hawaii Department of Human Services
July 31, 2018
Program Level Data Collection & Analysis: Featuring Garrett County Community Action Community
July 12, 2018
A Tip Sheet on Retaining and Engaging SWFI Participants
July 9, 2018
New Federal Opportunities to Advance Two-Generation Approaches to Improving the Lives of Children and Parents
June 11, 2018
States Leading the Way: Practical Solutions that Lift Up Children and Families
June 1, 2018
Building a Thriving Tennessee: A 2Gen Approach
May 14, 2018
Advancing Two-Generation Approaches: Integrating Data to Support Families
May 11, 2018
Tackling Intergenerational Poverty in Utah
April 11, 2018
Breakthrough Ideas that Move Children & Their Parents Toward Educational Success and Economic Security
March 1, 2018
Scale Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs to Reduce Poverty and Improve Health
February 28, 2018
Transition Strategies: Sustaining 2Gen Success
January 31, 2018
Using Research and Evaluation to Support Programs that Promote Parents’ Economic Security and Children’s Well-being
January 29, 2018
Community Models: The United Way
January 17, 2018
2Gen Statewide Conference: A Call to Action
December 31, 2017
Strengthening the Foundation: Strategic Evidence Building for Two-Generation Approaches
November 1, 2017
Rural IMPACT—Two Cases
October 31, 2017
301: Community Guide to 2Gen Approaches
October 30, 2017
101: Trying on a 2Gen Approach
October 30, 2017
201: 2Gen Action Plan
October 24, 2017
Making Tomorrow Better Together: A Guide to Outcomes for 2Gen Policymakers
August 31, 2017
Moving Forward as a Family: Crafting a 2-Generation Strategy for Central Texas
August 1, 2017
Assessment: What Are Your Organization’s Coaching Strengths?
August 1, 2017
Assessment: What Are Your Organization’s Family-Centered Strengths?
August 1, 2017
Tool: What Does it Take to Move Toward Family-Centered Coaching?
August 1, 2017
Assessing Organizational Readiness & Creating Partnerships
August 1, 2017
Assessment: What Are Your Organization’s Need for Family-Centered Partnerships?
August 1, 2017
Tool: Checklist for Developing FCC Partnerships
August 1, 2017
Tool: Who Is In My Family?
August 1, 2017
Tool: My Hopes and Dreams
August 1, 2017
Tool: Roles a Coach Can Play
August 1, 2017
Tool: The Wheel Of Life
August 1, 2017
Tool: Plan, Do, Review
August 1, 2017
Tool: Family-Focused Powerful Questions
August 1, 2017
Lessons and Ideas from the Aspen Ascend Early Childhood Development and Health Working Group
July 18, 2017
Understanding Workforce Development and Child Care Systems and Their Intersection
July 13, 2017
Memorandum of Agreement: Family Futures Downeast
July 6, 2017
Advancing Two-Generation Approaches: Developing an Infrastructure to Address Parent and Child Needs Together
June 9, 2017
Colorado Guide to 2Gen
June 9, 2017
2Gen Outcomes Framework: A Programmatic Example from Educational Alliance
June 5, 2017
CAP Tulsa: Family Success Plan
April 30, 2017
2Gen Tools to Help Children and Families Thrive
April 5, 2017
Staying Strong: Services for Children and Parents Together to Keep Families Healthy
April 5, 2017
Starting Strong: Policy Ideas for Quality Child Care and Early Childhood Development
April 5, 2017
Efficient, Effective Services: Career Pathways and Lasting Economic Stability for Families
March 30, 2017
The Collective Impact of Social Innovation on a Two-Generation Learning Program
March 30, 2017
Children and Families at the Center
March 30, 2017
Advancing Two-Generation Approaches: Funding to Help Families Succeed
March 30, 2017
The Excel Center Goodwill: Research Report
February 28, 2017
Community Leadership for 2Gen Approaches: A Case Study in Sarasota, Florida
February 24, 2017
Clearing the Path: Removing Barriers to Sustainable Employment for Working Single Mothers
February 1, 2017
Literature Review: Family Self-Sufficiency
January 31, 2017
Ascend Messaging Guide and Tip Sheet
January 8, 2017
Family-Centered Coaching Toolkit
January 8, 2017
Six Steps to Family-Centered Coaching
January 8, 2017
Tool: Ready to Coach Checklist
January 8, 2017
Tool: Everyday Strategies for Working with Families
January 8, 2017
Tool: What Does It Sound Like When Coaches Use FCC Approaches?
January 8, 2017
Tool: The Roles of Participants and Coaches in Family-Centered Coaching
January 8, 2017
Tool: Listening For Participant’s Readiness to Change
January 8, 2017
Template: Developing a Local Resource Guide
January 8, 2017
Tool: Coaching on Basic Needs: Food, Housing, Transportation, Safety
January 8, 2017
Tool: Coaching on Employment, Education, and Career Areas of Life
January 8, 2017
Tool: Coaching on Child Well-Being and Parenting Areas of Life
January 8, 2017
Tool: Coaching on Financial Areas of Life
January 8, 2017
Tool: Coaching on Health and Well-Being Areas of Life
January 8, 2017
Tool: Coaching on Family, Friendship, & Other Relationship Areas of Life
January 8, 2017
Tool: Coaching On Legal Areas of Life
January 1, 2017
Scaling Up, Scaling Out: White Paper on Lessons from Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana and Nurse-Family Partnership
November 19, 2016
Serving Immigrant Families Through Two-Generation Programs: Identifying Family Needs and Responsive Program Approaches
November 1, 2016
Implementation of the Federal Rural IMPACT Demonstration
October 1, 2016
Bound to Succeed: An Environmental Scan of Two-Generation Approaches to Education in Colorado
September 30, 2016
Two-Generation Playbook
September 30, 2016
State Human Services Model: Colorado as a Case Study for Policymakers
September 1, 2016
Whole Family Approaches: A Global Conversation
August 1, 2016
Engaging Parents, Developing Leaders: A Self-Assessment and Planning Tool for Nonprofits and Schools
April 1, 2016
Uplifting the Family: A Two Generation Approach
April 1, 2016
Putting Research Into Practice: Two Generation Approaches
March 31, 2016
Making Tomorrow Better Together: Report of the Two-Generation Outcomes Working Group
February 17, 2016
Student Parent Fact Sheet
February 17, 2016
2Gen Educational Approaches: Big Ideas for Action in Postsecondary Education
February 10, 2016
Making a Two-Generation Model Work in the Real World Lessons from the HOST Demonstration
December 6, 2015
Two Generational Strategies to Improve Immigrant Family and Child Outcomes: Summary and Next Steps from the April 2015 Roundtable
December 1, 2015
Los Angeles Valley College 2Gen Toolkit: Module 3 Common Services
December 1, 2015
Los Angeles Valley College 2Gen Toolkit: Module 2 2Gen Services
December 1, 2015
Los Angeles Valley College 2Gen Toolkit: Module 1 Outreach & Recruitment
December 1, 2015
Los Angeles Valley College 2Gen Toolkit: Module 4 Individualized Support
November 15, 2015
Reimagining 2Gen Pathways: Bold Ideas for 2015
November 4, 2015
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Two-Generation Strategies
November 4, 2015
Coaching for Economic Mobility
October 29, 2015
Home-Grown Social Capital: How Higher Education for Formerly Incarcerated Women Facilitates Family and Community Transformation
October 28, 2015
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Two-Generation Strategies
October 1, 2015
The Elephant in the Clinic: Early Literacy and Family Well-Being
August 5, 2015
A Two-Generation Vision for Austin
August 5, 2015
Two-Generation Design Project: New Approaches to Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development
August 5, 2015
A Two-Generation Approach to Ending Poverty in Utah
August 4, 2015
Core Qualities for Successful Two-Generation Programs Serving Latino Families
August 4, 2015
Self Assessment: Core Qualities for Successful Two-Generation Programs Serving Latino Families
August 1, 2015
Brochure: 2015 Aspen Instittue Ascend Fellows
June 1, 2015
5 Key Trends Structuring L.A.‘s Future and Why 2Gen Makes Sense
April 15, 2015
Two Generations. One Future: An Anthology from the Ascend Fellowship
December 31, 2014
The Human Services Value Curve: A Framework For Improved Human Services Outcomes, Value and Legitimacy
December 10, 2014
Two-Generation Approaches to Community Transformation
November 12, 2014
Creating Opportunity for Families: A Two-Generation Approach-Kids Count Policy Report
June 13, 2014
A Two-Generation Approach to Ending Poverty in Utah
May 29, 2014
Making Economic Security a Family Tradition
April 14, 2014
Two (or More) Generation Frameworks
August 5, 2013
Five Ways that Pay Along the Way to a B.A.
August 5, 2013
Paths to Advancement for Single Parents
August 5, 2013
Literature Review: Career Pathways Program
August 2, 2013
At What Cost? How Student Debt Reduces Lifetime Wealth
August 2, 2013
Accelerate: CAP Tulsa and Ideo.org
July 13, 2013
Human Services Value Curve Video
July 1, 2013
Voices for Two-Generation Success: Seeking Stable Futures
May 20, 2013
Opening Life Opportunities with Two-Generation Education
January 27, 2012
Expanding The CareerAdvance Model in Tulsa, Oklahoma
January 24, 2012
Two Generations, One Future
August 27, 2010
CareerAdvance Implementation Report