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CAA’s Advancing Family Social and Economic Mobility through the Whole Family Approach
Since 2015, National Community Action Partnership has supported efforts and facilitated learning opportunities to build the Community Action Network’s capacity to develop and implement whole family approaches to increase the social and economic mobility of families. 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, the whole family approach aligns opportunities to help families achieve their version of the American dream. Providing integrated, high-quality, intentional supports to parents and children at the same time through a Whole Family Approach (WFA) 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. Watch to learn about WFA basics, key WFA curated tools and resources, and CAA momentum advancing these efforts across the country.
Strategic Evidence Building For Two-Generation Approaches
This brief can serve as a starting point for funders to have conversations — among their own staff, leadership and external partners — about how their work already contributes to the knowledge about what works, and places where further contributions can be made.
Advancing Two-Generation Approaches Funding to Help Families Succeed
In this brief — the first in a series highlighting these challenges — we focus on the funding required for programs to address parent and child needs at the same time, a key component of developing a sustainable and effective two-generation program.
Advancing Two-Generation Approaches, Developing An Infrastructure To Address Parent and Child Needs Together
This brief is the second in a series exploring what it takes to address parent and child needs at the same time. It focuses on the operational elements of a two-generation approach, including structure, family intake, the alignment of adult and child services and perhaps one of the most crucial components, the teams that get these initiatives off the ground.
Live Q&A: Introducing the Collaborative on Economic Mobility
This webinar provided a brief overview and the opportunity to ask questions about NCAP’s new Collaborative on Economic Mobility. In partnership with the Office of Community Services, this initiative is intended to highlight promising practices in economic mobility and to build the capacity of the CSBG Network. The initiative will focus on key areas of training and technical assistance, including Workforce Development, High-Quality Education, Community Asset Building, Whole Family Approaches, Equity, and Innovation.
Breakthrough Ideas That Move Children & Their Parents Toward Educational Success & Economic Security
In this webinar, Marjorie Sims, Managing Director at Aspen Ascend will provide a comprehensive overview of the key success factors for a whole family approach.