The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) has developed the Next Steps for Rigorous Research on Two-Generation Approaches (NS2G) project to continue building the evidence base for fully integrated, intentional models for two-generation service delivery with adequate intensity and quality of services for both parents and their children.
Low-income families can face significant challenges as they attempt to navigate education and employment while finding quality early care and education that supports children’s development and meets families’ needs. Two-generation initiatives that intentionally combine economic security services for parents with accessible, high quality early care and education for children hold promise for improving family well-being.
Through 2023, project staff will apply recommendations from existing research to strengthen selected two-generation initiatives, extend the lessons from those activities to the broader two-generation field, and ultimately prepare a subset of two-generation initiatives for summative evaluation.
The project team will partner with content, technical, and practical experts—as well as a range of stakeholders from government agencies, policymaker associations, and professional organizations—to inform the work and produce reliable recommendations about building program capacity and conducting formative evaluations.