Two Generational Strategies to Improve Immigrant Family and Child Outcomes

Summary

This paper — the result of a roundtable discussion hosted by the Casey Foundation and the Center for Law and Social Policy — explores policy and practice reforms that can help both parents and kids in immigrant families thrive.  

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• Introduction: The New Mainstream
• What We Know About Immigrant Families
• Two-Generational Strategies
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Seizing the Policy Moment
• Driving Change on the Ground: Four Themes
• Conclusion
• Participant List

Key Takeaway

Wanted: Action and momentum that will transform institutions, services and the lives of immigrant families

The roundtable participants identified four action steps that aim to improve opportunities for parents and kids in immigrant families. These are: 1) spread a sense of urgency and opportunity; 2) create strategic partnerships; 3) build new mainstream institutions that advance a two-generation approach; and 4) think big and small as well as short- and long-term.