A Shared Strategic Ingredient
All six organizations and partnerships profiled in this report have a sustainable funding source — either private philanthropy or federal programs — that represents 30 to 80% of their two-generation budget.
This brief shares insights from six organizations and partnerships across the country that are pursuing two-generation approaches. Readers will learn how these organizations have aligned and combined funding to address the needs of parents and children at the same time. Policy recommendations also are available.
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This publication is part of a series exploring the challenges that many organizations face when engaging in efforts that enable the whole family to succeed. |
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All six organizations and partnerships profiled in this report have a sustainable funding source — either private philanthropy or federal programs — that represents 30 to 80% of their two-generation budget.
A companion to this brief offers suggestions on how policymakers and funders can help support organizations in putting two-generation approaches into practice.
All six organizations and partnerships profiled in this brief practice braiding, which is an allocation strategy that takes multiple sources of funding for discrete purposes — such as SNAP and TANF — and coordinates them for a greater impact.
Federal funding makes up most — 77% — of the two-generation budget for Educational Alliance, which uses corporate gifts and foundation grants to support staff and services not covered by public funding.
The San Antonio Dual-Generation Partnership is a multiagency effort that utilizes both braiding and blending strategies to transform the city’s EastPoint neighborhood.
Corporate gifts and private philanthropy make up nearly 70% of the two-generation budget for the Jeremiah Program, which employs pooling and braiding strategies to fund its work.
Federal funds represent 99.3% of Garrett County Community Action Committee’s two-generation budget, with Head Start and Early Head Start funds making up 97%.
One item topping the wish list of organizations already engaged in two-generation strategies was a public funding stream that supports coaching and streamlined case management across multiple programs.
This brief identifies three funding strategies — braiding, blending and pooling — that organizations and partnerships are using to support their two-generation strategies.
In recent years, many organizations have set out to strategically weave together programs and services for children and adults. In doing so, they have faced a common question: What is the best way to fund approaches and programs that take the whole family into account?
