Opportunity Announcement
The National Community Action Partnership is seeking applications for a new Regional Whole Family Approach Community of Practice. Community-based human service organizations and tribal governments in the following 8 states are invited to apply: Alaska, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin.
What is a Whole Family Approach?
Whole Family Approaches build family well-being by intentionally and simultaneously working with children and the adults in their lives together. As children, parents, and families grow and change across their lifespan, Whole Family Approaches align opportunities to help families pursue their goals and thrive, optimizing each person’s potential along the way. These approaches may also be called Two-Generation or 2-Gen approaches.
Why Pursue a Whole Family Approach?
Providing integrated, high-quality, intentional supports to parents and children at the same time through a Whole Family Approach has the potential to improve both parent and child social and economic well-being producing a legacy of family well-being that passes from one generation to the next.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation awarded a grant of $250,000 to the Community Action Partnership (Partnership) to design and implement the Community Action Economic Mobility Initiative. Through this funding, the Partnership is offering CAAs a multi-tiered system of support that builds their capacity to pursue a new approach to help families achieve mobility from poverty.
This multi-tiered system has been designed to coordinate with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Community Services, Community Services Block Grant Learning Communities Resource Center. Through the Community Action Economic Mobility Initiative, the Partnership is offering training, technical assistance, and other support to CAAs with varying levels of readiness to pursue integrated services and a whole family approach (two-generation approach).
Whole Family Approach Institute
At the Inaugural 2018 Whole Family Approach Institute in Washington, D.C. on May 31- June 1—an event hosted by the National Community Action Partnership and made possible through the generous support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the US Department of Health and Human Services—thirty-nine Community Action Agencies from around the country took part in a two-day intensive program to learn more about making the switch to a Whole Family Approach. During the Whole Family Approach Institute, the Rural IMPACT community served as mentors, peer-learners and co-innovators. They shared building blocks that were critical to achieving success using the Whole Family Approach.
Rural IMPACT’s groundbreaking work will be continued through the Partnership’s Community Action Economic Mobility Initiative.
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Interviews
Whole Family COP Members
| Aroostook County Action Program, Inc. | Presque Isle, ME |
| Blueprints | Washington, PA |
| Central Missouri Community Action | Columbia, MO |
| Community Action Inc. | Topeka, KS |
| Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA |
| Enrichment Services Program, Inc. | Columbus, GA |
| Mahube-Otwa Community Action | Detroit Lakes, MN |
| Metropolitan Action Commission with the Tennessee Dept. of Human Services | Nashville, TN |
| People Incorporated of Virginia | Abingdon, VA |
| Total Community Action, Inc. | New Orleans, LA |
Whole Family COP Rural IMPACT Fellows
| Allegany County HRDC | Cumberland, MD |
| Garrett County Community Action Committee | Oakland, MD |
| Highland County Community Action Organization, Inc. | Hillsboro, OH |
| Little Dixie C.A.A. Inc. | Hugo, Oklahoma |
| Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc. | Marshalltown, IA |
| Mississippi County, Arkansas, Economic Opportunity Commission, Inc. | Blytheville, AR |
Whole Family LCG Members
| Bucks County Opportunity Council, Inc. (BCOC) | Doylestown, PA |
| Community Action | Hillsboro, OR |
| Community Concepts, Inc. | Lewiston, ME |
| Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County | San Bernardino, CA |
| Community Services & Employment Training, Inc. (CSET) | Visalia, CA |
| Contra Costa County EHSD Community Services Bureau | Concord, CA |
| Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership | Idaho Falls, ID |
| Kennebec Valley Community Action Program | Waterville, ME |
| Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. | Utica, NY |
| Montgomery County Community Action Development Commission | Norristown, PA |
| Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity | Philadelphia, PA |
| Tri-County Community Action | Harrisburg, PA |
| Palmetto CAP | Charleston, SC |
| Wayne Metro Community Action Agency | Detroit, MI |
| Penquis CAP, Inc. | Bangor, ME |
| Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources, Inc (SHARE) | Greenville, SC |
Featured Resources
Featured Webinars
Laying the Groundwork for Service Integration and a Whole Family Approach
Building Inter-generational Success, Measuring Whole Family Outcomes
Breakthrough Ideas That Move Children & Their Parents Toward Economic Security
Introduction to Collective Impact
Collective Impact Roles & Establishing your Common Agenda
Evaluating Collective Impact
Planning for Service Integration Using a Multi-Disciplinary Team Approach
Two Gen Practice & Opportunity Youth
Building Wealth Across Generations
Whole Family Building Blocks: An Introduction
Whole Family Building Blocks: Aligning High Quality, Intentional, Intensive Services
Whole Family Building Blocks: Attending to Organizational Culture and Systems
Whole Family Building Blocks: Aligning High Quality, Intentional, Intensive Services