Children of undocumented immigrants experience severe disadvantages that impact future success and contributions to social and economic change. Schools can promote well-being by providing safe environments for child and parental engagement.
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Project 2Gen co-directors Rachel Dunifon and Laura Tach organized the conference, “An Equal Start: Policy and Practice to Promote Equality of Opportunity for Children.”
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This report presents findings from seven sessions of the Strengthening Families Program conducted from 2014-2018 by Cornell Cooperative Extension-Tompkins County (CCETC) for parents with open child welfare cases participating in Family Treatment Court.
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A two-generation (2Gen) framework emphasizes the importance of considering the whole family when discussing prevention and treatment of opioid addiction.
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Lisa McCabe, John Sipple, and Hope Castro examine childcare deserts and the unintended consequences of Universal Pre-K.
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Gaps in educational outcomes between racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups persist in the United States, and parental involvement is often cited as an important avenue for improving outcomes among racially/ethnically diverse adolescents.
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We celebrated the launch of Cornell Project 2Gen with an inaugural panel discussion among noted scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
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Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Laura Tach propose a radical idea: America’s anti-poverty policy should serve to incorporate, rather than separate, the poor from the rest of society.
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) offers a way to support lower-income families without generating stigma.
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These findings suggest that although children in grandfamilies may be at a disadvantage academically and socioemotionally, grandparent caregivers are in many ways similar to other fragile-family mothers.
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) offers tangible and emotional benefits for lower-income Americans.
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It’s Not Like I’m Poor examines the costs and benefits of the new work-based safety net, suggesting ways to augment its strengths so that more of the working poor can realize the promise of a middle-class life.
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