Rising Futures Maine is an investment in local level 2Gen strategies that support student parents. This brief reviews the 2Gen landscape in Maine, emphasizing its state-wide assets and support for family economic mobility; it then reviews the three local strategies that community-based organizations are designing as a part of Rising Futures Maine and offers recommendations … Read more
Research consistently shows that kinship care produces better outcomes for children whose parents were unable to care for them than traditional foster care settings. Through policies governing kinship placements and providing resources for kin, state policymakers can ease burdens on caregivers while safely promoting the use of kinship placements in foster care.
Forward With Families is a multi-year strategy led by Ascend at the Aspen Institute to amplify ideas and initiatives that make life affordable, economic mobility possible, and security attainable for every family in America.
Parents’ best intentions do not always align with their actions. Text-message prompts and goal-setting reminders can help.
From the Brookings Institution: Children are increasingly living with adults old enough to receive retiree Social Security payments. In recent work examining the effects of Social Security on grandchildren, Lucie Schmidt, Lara Shore-Sheppard and Tara Watson document that Social Security has become an increasingly important income support for children. With the Social Security trust fund projected to … Read more
To support the leaders grappling with these complex questions, Ascend at the Aspen Institute hosted Dr. Nathan Chomilo, Minnesota’s Medicaid medical director, Dr. Teresa Ramos, inaugural secretary of the Illinois Department of Early Childhood (IDEC) for the conversation Big Moves, Bold Partnerships: A Public Sector Conversation on Scaling for Family Success. These groundbreaking state leaders are … Read more
Updated numbers for Maine compare a family “survival budget” to area wages — showing that 29% of people who are working and live above the poverty line still do not earn enough to cover all essential costs.
This Toolkit is designed for mid-level and senior leaders in nonprofit, philanthropic, and public organizations seeking to strengthen a regional or place-based 2Gen approach. It provides tangible guidance for executing 2Gen strategies and mobilizing community-led solutions to improve outcomes for whole families.
Over the past decade, the public and private sectors have invested more than $500 million in two-generation (2Gen) approaches to accelerate intergenerational economic mobility for families. Explore this report for learnings from those investments, a comprehensive view of key 2Gen initiatives, and important considerations for expanding these grantmaking strategies to maximize impact for children and families.
A John T. Gorman Foundation report details critical gaps in transportation access for Maine families and other groups, while highlighting potential approaches for increasing options on the individual, community, and statewide level.
