Colorado is testing a new approach to providing services to struggling families in an effort to address the intergenerational cycle of poverty, incarceration and foster care.
Two Generation (2Gen) is a new initiative by the state recognizing that children and their parents are best served by recognizing the needs of the entire family unit.
“CDHS embedded the 2Gen approach into all of our services, recognizing that our clients only succeed when their providers or children also get the support they need,” said Colorado Department of Human Services Executive Director Reggie Bicha, in a statement announcing the pilot project. “The next step is to help communities try new ways of doing business. By applying a 2Gen lens, local programs will see greater outcomes by making sure multiple generations within the same family have the tools needed to break the cycle of poverty.”
[For more on this story by Kim Phagan-Hansel, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...roach-services/32158]
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