Coordinate services across programs and agencies to reinforce parent and child outcomes¶

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Description¶

The brief directs administrators to strategies for "effectively delivering and coordinating services across programs and agencies" when serving parents and children through combined approaches. It frames cross-program and cross-agency coordination as part of making intentionally combined services work, so that services relate to "mutually reinforcing outcomes for parents and children."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Multiple programs or agencies offering services to the same families

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• low-income parents
• children in low-income families

Target Learning Goals¶

• economic security for parents
• child well-being

Related Strategies¶

• Home Visiting
• Develop data-sharing memoranda of understanding and shared evaluation across child- and family-serving agencies

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Teresa Eckrich Sommer, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Emily Sama-Miller, Christine Ross, Scott Baumgartner. (2017). Conceptual Frameworks for Intentional Approaches to Improving Economic Security and Child Well-Being. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre