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Serving Immigrant Families Through Two-Generation Programs: Identifying Family Needs and Responsive Program Approaches [MigrationPolicy.org]

 

Immigrants comprised 23 percent of all parents with young children (ages 0-8) in the United States, or almost 8.4 million in total as of 2010–14. Twenty-four percent lived below the federal poverty level, compared with 15 percent of their native-born counterparts.

By addressing the needs of low-income parents and their young children simultaneously, two-generation programs have great potential to uplift whole families and break cycles of intergenerational poverty. Generally speaking, these programs seek to weave together high-quality early learning opportunities for children with initiatives directed at their parents, including adult education, workforce training, parenting skills, and other supports that strengthen family stability and thereby improve the children’s chances of lifelong success. Little research exists on the success of these programs in reaching immigrant families.



[For more of this story, written by Maki Park, Margie McHugh, and Caitlin Katsiaficas, go to http://www.migrationpolicy.org...ing-family-needs-and]

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