The Effects of a 2Gen Human Capital Program on Children’s Outcomes in Head Start

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This issue brief from the Aspen Institute’s ASCEND initiative illustrates the CareerAdvance® program, created and administered by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County (Oklahoma). The program, designed to create employment opportunities in the healthcare sector, has benefitted parents with improved education and job opportunities. The brief reviews the effects of CareerAdvance® on the program participants’ children as the parents increase their economic and psychological well-being.

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2019-01-31T19:00:00
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https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/resources/the-effects-of-a-2gen-human-capital…
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2019-02-01
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OFA Webinar: ASPIRE: Serving Two-Parent Families in the TANF System

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This Office of Family Assistance-sponsored webinar on February 26, 2019 discussed the complexities of engaging two-parent families in TANF, and featured strategies to improve employment outcomes through relationship education. Representatives from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Insight Policy Research, Public Strategies and the Urban Institute participated.
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2019-02-26T09:00:00
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City/County
URL
Webinar YouTube video link coming soon.
Publication Date
2019-02-26
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PeerTA Resources (OFA Initiatives)
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ASPIRE Two Parent Families PPT 1009.98 KB
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Question from Oklahoma Department of Human Services

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A representative from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services would like to know how states help TANF participants when they face a barrier, such as a traffic fine/ticket, license reinstatement, felony expungement, or other legal expenses that prevents them from obtaining or retaining employment.

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Date
August 2018
Source
OFA Peer TA
Agency/Organization
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
State
Oklahoma
Topics/Subtopics
Employment
Employment Retention
TANF Regulatory Codes

A Two-Generation Human Capital Approach to Anti-Poverty Policy

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This journal article from The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences outlines a plan for utilizing Head Start and career pathways services offered through a community college to create a two- generational human capital approach to serving low-income families. The article outlines policy and funding that would encourage this type of collaboration across anti-poverty programs. It highlights recent research that has shown that this model can work and produce positive outcomes as evidenced by a program in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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2018-01-31T19:00:00
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OFA Initiatives
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City/County
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https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/4/3/118
Publication Date
2018-02-01
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