Evaluation of the Whole Family Approach in Urban Settings

  With funding from the Pascale Sykes Foundation, a research team at the University of Pennsylvania is collecting survey data from 138 families served by two collaboratives applying the Whole Family Approach in the New York City metro area — Familia Adelante in the South Bronx, and Families for Literacy …

Response to COVID-19 by Whole Family Approach Collaborations in Rural Settings

  A Qualitative Evaluation of Collaboratives’ Work with the Whole Family Approach During the COVID-19 Pandemic In response to the dual shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic hardship, Whole Family Approach collaboratives have adapted their work and their outreach to meet emergent needs. This research by the Senator …

Family Success Story – Overcoming Crisis to Achieve Stability

Jasmine and her children’s story is one of strength and dedication.  In 2017, Jasmine was an expecting mother with two young children, living out of her car and struggling to make ends meet. Without a permanent home, Jasmine made the tough but necessary decision to move her two older children …

Impact of the Whole Family Approach on Working Families Event

On October 27, 2020, The Pascale Sykes Foundation, the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at Rutgers University-Camden, and the University of Pennsylvania co-hosted Impact of the Whole Family Approach on Working Families, a virtual event showcasing new research that demonstrates the powerful results of the Whole Family Approach …

Family Success Story: A Strong Community Sets up Success at Home

Parenting is a difficult job that receives little-to-no training. For many working families, the pressures of everyday life on top of the demands of raising children can be difficult and that the pandemic has only added to this stress. Parents Anonymous of New Jersey – Father Time (Father Time) offers …

Working Together for Working Families Conference

Today we’re here in Vineland, NJ for our 2020 Conference: Working Together for Working Families: The Whole Family Approach! We’re excited to join our grantees, speakers and family well-being experts to cultivate a national conversation in making family-centered efforts like the Whole Family Approach the new norm. Watch our video below to …