Frontline Innovators 2Gen Strategy Tool

A tool developed by Ascend to help frontline staff identify next steps in 2Gen efforts at the Mindset, Strategy, or Organization level.

Family Success Plan

A strengths-based conversation guide from Family Workforce Centers of America to help career advisors partner with families through goal-setting.

Parent Voices at the Center

A collection of presentations, blogs, and resources featuring parents' voices in 2Gen approaches.

Meeting Young Parents Where They Dream

A report on the unique challenges young parents face in early childhood education and policy and practice recommendations.

2Gen Family Approach to Citizenship

This tip sheet is a collection of resources parents may use to explore civics and citizenship with their children together. This tip sheet promotes a two-generation approach to civic engagement and contains resources for both practitioners and families.

2Gen Platforms for Scale: Whole-Family Approaches Rooted in Community with National Reach

Building Evidence Together for a Better Tomorrow

This report is intended for parent advocates, practitioners, program evaluators, researchers, policymakers, systems change leaders, and funders seeking to generate questions and knowledge about 2Gen interventions and help build the evidence base regarding their implementation and effectiveness.

Supporting Healthy Co-Parenting Policy Fact Sheet

This fact sheet explores effective policies and services to strengthen family relationships; increase family and community stability; and increase parental trust, participation, and engagement in the child support program.

Providing Employment and Income Supports for Non-Custodial Parents

This fact sheet provides an overview of the evidence for effective state and local child support-led employment programs and state policies to expand state Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) for noncustodial parents.

Promoting Parents' Social Capital to Increase Children’s Attendance in Head Start

This research paper highlights the importance of social capital in supporting parents, particularly during challenging times. It examines how parents’ trust and connections within their community impact their commitment to their children's education, resulting in improved school attendance in Head Start programs during winter when average attendance was lowest.

Moving on Up: Addressing Benefits Cliffs

A report sharing lessons from New England on reducing the economic impact of the benefits cliff and offering policy options for addressing worker shortages while improving family outcomes.

Navigating the SNAP Cliff (Part1) (Part 2)

Two reports discussing the impact of SNAP benefits loss and strategies to support working families, with an emphasis on work-based learning and how it differs from unsubsidized employment and transitional benefits alternatives.

Reducing the Cliff Effect to Support Working Families

An article describing how the states of Colorado, Maryland, and Florida are actively working to have the benefits cliff effect be more of a "slope rather than a drop off" and the challenges they face in implementing changes to eligibility practices.

Building a Foundation for Family Well-being

A guide on building a foundation for cross-system investments to support family strength and resilience, with concrete examples and a list of funding sources.

System Alignment for Young Families

Strategies to align human services systems to better support parents under 24 and their children.

Core Principles for TANF Modernization: A Legislative Framework for TANF Reform

This letter and accompanying TANF Core Principles and Legislative Framework outlines strategies to modernize TANF, reimagine family engagement, establish performance measures focused on outcomes, move upstream through cross-systems alignment, and update funding and resourcing.

Strengthening Connections to Support Child and Family Well-Being

This document is a guide for practitioners and policy makers in family serving systems and programs, including child support programs, on principles, structures, and systems to build the necessary supports and connections for families to grow and thrive.