In 2017, the Pascale Sykes Foundation, with a 2022 sunset on the horizon, made two final investments in its flagship initiative, the Whole Family Approach (WFA). The Foundation has funded nonprofit collaborations serving families in rural southern New Jersey since 2012. Interested in learning if the approach translated to an …
WRI’s outcome evaluation of the Whole Family Approach across 18 nonprofit collaborative organizations in Southern New Jersey indicates that families experienced significant improvements in the areas of healthy relationships, financial stability, and child well-being. The process evaluation described a family-focused, goal-oriented, flexible approach that can be implemented across organizations with …
This document contains select analyses of findings from the Whole Family Approach survey for the Families for Literacy collaborative. The survey was administered electronically in spring 2022 to all families participating in the Familia Adelante and Families for Literacy collaboratives. It was open to all families enrolled in the collaboratives …
This document contains select analyses of findings from the Whole Family Approach survey for the Familia Adelante collaborative. The survey was administered electronically in spring 2022 to all families participating in the Familia Adelante and Families for Literacy collaboratives. It was open to all families enrolled in the collaboratives to …
Access to reliable transportation can affect families’ access to work, healthcare, and education, and is increasingly important in rural areas where public transportation can be sparse. In 2019, 70.9% of New Jersey residents relied on their own vehicle to get to work, 8.2% relying on a carpool, and 11.7% on …
This short report focuses on the role of the Whole Family Approach in addressing teen stress. Adolescence is a period of rapid physical, psychological, and social changes in one’s life. Scientists often refer to adolescence as a period of vulnerability and opportunity, because behaviors and experiences during this crucial developmental …
This report presents data on adult stress and the relationship between caregivers and children during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a series of new risks and challenges to families across the United States, including higher reports of anxiety and depression (National Center …
In the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has been detrimental to the livelihood of the whole nation as its people experience job loss, financial and health insecurity, and untimely deaths. It is unsurprising that mental health challenges have increased, given the environmental, financial and physical threats posed by this …
This report uses Family Counts survey data and the survey’s material hardship scale, a measure of basic needs insecurities, to examine families’ changing financial situations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report outlines the experience of material hardship among Family Counts families during the initial phase of …
There are many factors that influence success within collaboratives such as UPF. Through the holistic system that UPF has employed, there is a level of complexity in the widespread network or resources, staff, and targeted services available to families. At the same time, there is also a straightforward, caring nature …
