FundingSommer and Sabol awarded Buffet Global Working Group Grant to promote global two-generation approaches to alleviate poverty and improve human development, beginning in Jamaica (i.e., Jamaica 2Gen). CBCF Initiative awards new grants and technical guidance to Brightpoint Community College, College of Menominee Nation, and Sinclair Community College Sommer and Tighe, in partnership with Mesmin Destin and Onnie Rogers, received funding from the ECMC Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Michelson 20MM Foundation to design and study strategies to promote belonging and connection among student parents and their families on college campuses. |
ResearchTighe, Sommer, Sabol & Chase-Lansdale publish rapid research report on the longer-term effects of the original CareerAdvance model. Sabol & colleagues publish article on the effects of the original CareerAdvance model on young children’s developmental outcomes. Tighe & colleagues publish article on the one- and two-year effects of a two-generation ESL program for families. Sommer, Franchett, Yoshikawa, & Lombardi publish article calling for a global two-generation approach to child development and caregiver’s lives.
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TeamCongratulations to our Research Project Coordinator, Catherine Zhong, for graduating from The Family Institute at Northwestern University with a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy!
Held a successful CBCF Summer Workshop with our Advisory Group.
Congratulations to our RA’s, Mia and Divya, for graduating from Northwestern!
NU2Gen welcomes Aneela Shemsu as our Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant for 2025! |

