A two generation lens: Current state policies fail to support families with young children
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Recent two-generation approaches to reducing poverty that help children and their parents are receiving increasing attention from researchers, advocates, and foundations. By combining education and training for parents to enable them to move to jobs that offer a path out of poverty with high-quality early care and education for children, these programs aim to improve the life opportunities of both. However, according to a new report from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), State Policies through a Two-Generation Lens, while research supports this poverty-reduction strategy, state policies fail to provide adequate two-generation supports to families with young children.