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Investing in Innovation: Reflections on the Family Economic Success-Early Childhood Education Pilots
Download full textAnnie E. Casey Foundation, 2018
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Family Economic Success-Early Childhood Education (FES-ECE) initiative, launched in October 2013, is rooted in the belief that families do better when programs can offer simultaneous support to children and parents. The report, designed to aid funders, is part of the Casey Foundation's ongoing commitment to sharing…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Intergenerational Programs, Poverty, Low Income Groups
Direct linkDiamond-Berry, Kimberly; Ezeh, Nkechy – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC) began as a year-long initiative to support early learning for very young children and families. The program has grown into a self-sustaining, nonprofit, place-based organization committed to improving the lives of children and families in the underresourced neighborhoods of Grand Rapids, MI.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Neighborhoods, Family Programs
Chaney, Cassandra – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
Literacy is one of the strongest predictors of adult success, yet one in four children are illiterate and 50% of adults cannot read a book that is written on an eighth grade level. Although African American children from low-income homes are three times more likely than White children to be poor, and at greater risk for illiteracy, this author is…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, African American Family, African American Children
Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
"The Achiever" is a monthly publication for parents and community leaders from the Office of Communications and Outreach, U.S. Department of Education. This issue contains the following articles: (1) President Seeks to Build on Law's Results; (2) Bridging the Gap: Ohio Charter School Surmounts Age, Achievement Barriers; (3) Spellings'…
Descriptors: Low Income, Low Income Groups, Charter Schools, Federal Legislation
Farley, Sharon – Nursing and Health Care, 1993
Alabama's Rural Elderly Enhancement Program is a nurse-initiated project developed on a model of community participation and empowerment. The program's initial goal was to maintain the health and independence of the elderly; it was expanded to an intergenerational focus with an involvement with youth. Most of their target population is African…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Involvement, Intergenerational Programs, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedNardine, Frank E. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1990
Deficit models of low-income parents' involvement in schools are giving way to concepts of empowerment. An after-school computer education program in an inner-city youth club kindled parent interest and participation by focusing on children's educational success and valuing parents both as parents and as adult learners. (22 references) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, After School Programs, Computer Literacy, Educational Experience
National Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
Family Friends is a program that matches senior volunteers with families of chronically ill or disabled children. Rural Family Friends, which is an outgrowth of Family Friends, focuses on rural families in distress. Rural Family Friends has established pilot programs in Arkansas, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and West Virginia. The…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Family Programs, Helping Relationship, Home Visits
Lackawanna Junior Coll., Scranton, PA. – 1996
In September 1995, the Scranton Area Family Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania, initiated a twice-weekly literacy class designed to build low-income parents' educational skills and personal confidence while simultaneously encouraging family literacy activities. Eight parents of children in the Scranton School District attended the class and received…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, College School Cooperation, Demonstration Programs
Irby, Terry R.; And Others – 1992
Joliet Junior College's Center for Adult Basic Education and Literacy (CABEL) is responsible for providing adult basic education and support services for adults whose skills in reading and mathematics are below the 12th grade level. Its offerings include instruction in Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED), English as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
