Place Matters: 2Gen and Housing in 2019 Ascend at the Aspen Institute, Urban Institute and Campaign for Grade-Level Reading 1
Place Matters: 2Gen and Housing in 2019: Speakers Jill Fi Fioravanti Sarah Sar ah Haigh aight t Sue Popkin Sue pkin Se Senio nior r Consult nsultan ant, t, Assistant D As Direct ector or, Senior Fellow & Program m Director of Camp mpaign for Grade-Level Reading Networ Ne ork & Ou k & Outrea each ch, As Ascen cend Neighbor Nei orhood oods a and Y You outh Mo Moder derator r Developme ment, Urban Institute 2
Goals of the Discussion • Share information about the work of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Ascend at the Aspen Institute, and the Urban Institute • Building off of the Place Matters brief, offer history and context of housing as a platform for supporting two-generation (2Gen) outcomes • Identify and elevate examples of incorporating services into subsidized housing using a 2Gen lens • Offer time and space for questions and responses on challenges and opportunities in exploring and implementing 2Gen innovations in subsidized housing 3
Place Matters: A Brief on 2Gen Approaches to Housing 4
The Aspen Institute: Principles that Endure and Inspire The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization with the mission of fostering values-based leadership and providing a nonpartisan venue for dialogue around critical issues. The timeless values that inspired the creation of the Institute after World War II continue to guide us today. 5
Ascend at the Aspen Institute: A New Way Forward for Children and Families Ascend at the Aspen Institute is the national hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move children and the adults in their lives toward educational success, economic security, and health and well-being. How We Work: Convene and communicate • Build leadership and a national network • Advance practice and policy solutions • We embrace a two-generation approach and a commitment to racial equity and a gender lens. 6
HOST Housing, Opportunity, and Services Together A research initiative of the
The Campaign for GRADE-LEVEL READING The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading gradelevelreading.net / @readingby3rd / #GLReading
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading seeks to disrupt generational poverty by mobilizing communities to find solutions for one of the major obstacles in the pathway out of poverty — failure to read proficiently by the end of third grade. gradelevelreading.net / @readingby3rd / #GLReading 9
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Why a Two-Generation Approach New research from Nobel-winning economist James Heckman demonstrates a 13% return on investment in high-quality early childhood for each year of a child’s life. And a college degree doubles a parent’s income. For families with young children who have an annual income of $25,000 or less, a $3,000 increase during the years of early childhood yields a 17 percent increase in adult earnings for those children. Recent brain research shows that the brains of new parents undergo major structural changes just as babies’ brains do. Studies also show that parents with health insurance are more likely to seek care for themselves and their children. 11
2Gen Core Components early childhood social development capital peer and family Head Start, Early Head Start networks, coaching, child care partnerships, preK, and cohort strategies and home visiting postsecondary & employment pathways community college, training and certification, workforce partnerships economic health & assets well-being asset building, mental, physical, and housing and public supports, behavioral health, financial capacity, coverage and access to care, transportation adverse childhood experiences, toxic stress 12
Principles to Put Children & Families at the Center Measure and account for outcomes for both children and their parents Engage and amplify the voices of families Ensure equity Foster innovation and evidence together Align and link systems and funding streams 13
The Concept of Mutual Motivation 14
2Gen Opportunities in Housing Programs 1. Create professional development strategies and performance measures that promote and require enhanced case management and coaching that uses a strengths-based approach. 2. Create strong partnerships between housing agencies and service providers that can bring services on-site in assisted housing developments, leverage home visiting programs, and stabilize families during relocation and redevelopment initiatives. 3. Use a trauma-informed approach and address mental health needs of children and parents together using evidence-based approaches. 4. Engage residents as leaders in designing and implementing new support systems or programs (i.e. parent policy councils) to enhance social capital, ensure services reflect families’ needs and goals, and contribute to the sustainability of the efforts. 5. Support long-term stability by ensuring assisted residents have time to build assets and address economic challenges, including acknowledging and addressing benefit cliffs as they transition off assistance. 6. Identify and develop partnerships with early childhood, K-12, and postsecondary systems to increase trust and engagement and address attendance and social-emotional learning. 15
The HOST model • Research-based 2Gen approach • Coordination, collaboration, and leveraging • Strength-based coaching • Clinical mental health, workforce development, youth services • Trauma-informed • Community Engagement, Residents as Leaders 16
Core HOST Components TWO-GENERATION APPROACH STRENGTH-BASED COACHING COLLABORATION DEEP
Many Families in Subsidized Housing Face Complex Challenges LOW-QUALITY JOB OPPORTUNITIES TRAUMA ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DISCRIMINATION UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS SUBSTANCE ABUSE LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT INEQUALITY UNDERINVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY CRIME
Providing a Web of Support EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT YOUTH MENTAL PHYSICAL HEALTH HEALTH WHOLE FAMILY SUPPORT
Trauma-Informed Community Building & Engagement 20
Place Matters: 2Gen and Housing in 2019 Questions and Discussion 21
Place Matters: 2Gen and Housing in 2019 Participant Closing Question: What is one idea you have after hearing this discussion that you’ll try to implement in the next month to advance efforts to build a two-generation approach in subsidized housing? 22
Thank you for joining us Please direct any questions regarding today’s discussion to: Jill Fioravanti , Senior Consultant at the Campaign at jfioravanti@gradelevelreading.net Sarah Haight at the Aspen Institute at sarah.haight@aspeninstitute.org Susan Popkin at the Urban Institute at spopkin@urban.org 23
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