Projects
Support for Agape Child & Family Services’ 2Gen Program
2018-2022
Project Overview
Objective
To help document 2Gen’s implementation, capture the experiences of the families 2Gen serves, and build staff’s capacity to strengthen program delivery.
Project Motivation
Agape and the Annie E. Casey Foundation sought to refine 2Gen to deepen the supports its families received. Mathematica’s content and methodological expertise, and our history of working to support communities of color and people experiencing low income, positioned us as a partner for these efforts.
Prepared For
Agape Child & Family Services
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Our work with Agape and the Annie E. Casey Foundation seeks to empower and uplift Memphis families by strengthening Agape’s place-based, two-generation model.
Agape Child & Family Services is a faith-based organization dedicated to serving individuals and families experiencing poverty and improving communities in the Memphis, Tennessee, area. In 2016, the organization launched 2Gen, a place-based, two-generation program model. This cradle-to-career-and-beyond model offers comprehensive resources that support the whole child and family, including case management and wraparound services focused on early childhood development, youth in schools, postsecondary and workforce pathways for adults, housing stability, and increased social capital and economic assets.
Mathematica initially partnered with Agape to document 2Gen’s implementation and the experiences of the families who were being served. Building on this work, we are integrating research, evaluation, and technical assistance to strengthen services for two of 2Gen’s programs given opportunity areas that COVID-19 revealed or reinforced. Using LI2 and the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s (Casey) Race, Equity, and Inclusion Framework, we are actively collaborating with Agape, program stakeholders, and Casey to build staff’s capacity to meet families’ needs during and beyond the pandemic.
Mathematica initially partnered with Agape to document 2Gen’s implementation and the experiences of the families who were being served. Building on this work, we are integrating research, evaluation, and technical assistance to strengthen services for two of 2Gen’s programs given opportunity areas that COVID-19 revealed or reinforced. Using LI2 and the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s (Casey) Race, Equity, and Inclusion Framework, we are actively collaborating with Agape, program stakeholders, and Casey to build staff’s capacity to meet families’ needs during and beyond the pandemic.
Evidence & Insights From This Project
Event
Evaluating Two-Generation Approaches: Integrating Partnerships and Embedding Equity
Focusing on both parents and children, two-generation programs are designed to improve adults’ earning capacity and enhance life’s opportunities for children who live in poverty.
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