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Hickenlooper seeks to coordinate social benefits before leaving office
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday he plans to spend part of his last months in office trying to coordinate his administration’s social benefit programs. Hickenlooper spoke mostly about job training and child welfare during a forum at the Aspen Institute public policy foundation in Washington. He said his first seven years…
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What Colorado Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and others are doing to solve "2Gen" poverty
Donna Lynne, Colorado’s lieutenant governor and chief operating officer, is working with Ascend the Aspen Institute to identify two-generation poverty and pool resources to break the cycle. Ascend describes two-generation approaches as a focus on creating opportunities for, and addressing the needs of, both children and the adults in their lives together. “The approach recognizes…
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Mosle and Bicha: 2Gen approach about increasing quality of social service systems
Ask any group of parents – rich or poor – what they want for their children and the answers you’ll get are amazingly consistent. They want good-paying jobs to support their families, high quality child care and great schools. We asked ourselves: Shouldn’t we design social service systems that address that universal list of hopes and dreams…