Families Disrupting the Cycle of Poverty: Coaching with an Intergenerational Lens

This report by Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) provides a comprehensive analysis of various ways in which poverty can affect families, and discusses the intergenerational model developed by EMPath to combat these effects. The authors emphasize how poverty impacts families at three key levels: outcome level, inner-self level, and family level. EMPath’s intergenerational model incorporates assessment, goal setting, coaching, and incentives for each individual (adult/child) in the family, as well as the family as a whole to address all three levels and disrupt the cycle of poverty. The report also includes direct quotes from families participating in EMPath’s programs taken through interviews and focus groups to help develop understanding of poverty’s effects on families.