Project 2Gen involves Cornell students in translational research and practice through the 2Gen Scholars Program. The program gives undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to gain on-the-ground experience with family-based research and programming.
Erin Mathios’ MPH thesis qualitatively analyzes experiences of stigma in Family Treatment Court.
Some but not all aspects of a New York county’s Family Drug Treatment Court expansion increased the county’s family reunification rate.
The stress, anxiety, and isolation associated with the pandemic have the potential to exacerbate opioid misuse, and patients already in treatment may face disruptions in care.
Lauren Kessler and Matthew Sheen assessed cultural humility in parent education curricula.
2Gen Scholars researched best practices for cultivating resilience on behalf of the Orange County Resilience Project.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) encompass a wide range of traumatic experiences that children may be exposed to during development.
Our project addressed the ways that Port Jervis can be more trauma-sensitive. We also researched many ways that zero-hour physical education might be helpful to Port Jervis.
This semester, I explored the effects of different interventions on academic outcomes for students exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences. ACEs are a form of toxic stress linked to severe, detrimental effects on physical, emotional, and mental health.
The awareness and impact survey gauges participants’ understanding of ACES and their awareness of available resources that can be leveraged to buffer the effects of ACEs in their communities.
We learned about the community and their general goals, and based our projects on what the community needed. I was amazed to find the various stakeholders understood ACEs as an intergenerational issue.
Rose Ippolito connected campus and Extension efforts to support families affected by opioids.
Jessica Lindenstraus took a 2Gen approach to parent education through her Summer Internship.
This semester I had the opportunity to research family treatment courts across New York State counties. I was surprised that there was no reliable documentation of operational family treatment courts across the state
2Gen Scholars wrote these briefs for the Spring 2019 course, “Bridging the Gap: Connecting Research and Policymaking the New York State Legislature.”
This summer, I interviewed twenty-two family service coordinators and cottage directors about the challenges they face in their work with at-risk youth and their families.
This brief highlights a variety of ways states are tackling the opioid epidemic using a whole-family approach
The Ithaca My Brother’s Keeper team are taking the program’s original goal of raising the success and achievement levels of young men of color and driving it farther by addressing systemic issues that block young people of color from opportunity.
New York is increasing its two-generational approach to addressing poverty through a variety of programs overseen by the Office of Child and Family Services.
At the Cornell Project 2-Gen kickoff event, Ithaca’s Mayor Svante Myrick discussed the necessity of housing, transportation, and employment in helping families lift themselves out of poverty.
