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An Update on Maryland’s Two- Generation Approach
Christina Church, Two-Generation Program Officer October 2019
Generation Approach Christina Church, Two-Generation Program Officer - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Generation Approach Christina Church, Two-Generation Program Officer - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
An Update on Marylands Two - Generation Approach Christina Church, Two-Generation Program Officer October 2019 What is a Two-Generation Approach? A method of service delivery that improves outcomes for whole families by coordinating and
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What is a Two-Generation Approach?
An update to how we do our work with the end result of producing better outcomes for children and adults.
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STRATEGY Aligning and coordinating services to meet the whole family’s needs. APPROACH A mindset, not a new program. SYSTEMS Providing services and supports to both children and adults simultaneously to achieve population-level outcomes.
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Maryland’s Two-Gen Approach
How we got started:
– Gov. Hogan signs Executive Order establishing the Two- Generation Family Economic Security Commission and Pilot Program.
- Chaired by Lt. Governor Rutherford
- Includes interagency leaders, legislators, local government
representatives, advocates, and members of the public.
– The Commission “investigates policy challenges,
- pportunities, and recommendations regarding the
mitigation of multigenerational poverty” using the Two- Generation approach.
March 2017 June 2017
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Commission Findings
Multigenerational poverty exists and family poverty is rising.
- ~ 40% of TCA recipients received benefits as children. (UMD SSW study)
- 19% more families live in poverty today than 20 years ago.
- More than two-thirds of children in poverty have no working parent in the
- home. (2012-2016 American Community Survey)
Resources are abundant, but families don’t know about them or they are too difficult to navigate. Maryland can be an expensive place to raise a family.
- Benefits cliff effect: spending power reduced as family income increases
- Single parent with two children needs $21/hour to break even on loss in
- benefits. (Final Report, Family Economic Security Commission, December 2018)
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Commission Recommendations
- 1. Create a Two-Generation Coordinator Position.
- Maryland is one of 7 states with a Two-Gen Coordinator.
- Part of the Ascend Network Community of Practice.
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Commission Recommendations
- 2. Apply Two-Gen lens to state services, policies, and systems
MD THINK cloud-based shared human services platform
- Offers No Wrong Door approach to Maryland families
- Generates targeted referrals
- Reduces application processing time
- Eliminates redundancies in eligibility determination
- Removes burden of systems navigation
- Identifies gaps in services
Two-Gen outcomes in contracting Building a culture and climate of Two-Gen
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Commission Recommendations
- 3. Adopt Two-Gen best practices
Ascend Network Model, Aspen Institute
Alignment & Linkage
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- MD THINK
- Joint service delivery
Innovation & Evidence-Based Practice
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- Investment in CAAs
- Pilots
Family Voice
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- Lived experience
- Parent perspective
Equity
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- Promoting the role of parents as experts
- Policies and funding streams that reflect real
families Measurement & Accountability
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- Two-Gen outcomes in contracts
- Transitional Supports
- Benefits Cliff
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