Two Generation Programs for Families in Poverty: A New Intervention Strategy

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Introduction, Irving E. Sigel Rationale and Policy Context for Two-Generation Interventions, Sheila Smith and Martha Zaslow The Even Start Family Literacy Program, Robert G. St. Pierre and Janet P. Swartz Advance Parent-Child Education Program, Todd B. Walker, Gloria G. Rodriguez, Dale L. Johnson, and Carmen P. Cotez New Chance: Comprehensive Services for Disadvantaged Young Families, Janet Quint and Byron Egeland The Challenge for Head Start: Realizing Its Vision as a Two-Generation Program, Faith Lamb Parker, Chaya S. Piotrkowski, Wade F. Horn, and Sarah M. Greene Bridging the Worlds of Head Start and Welfare-to-Work: Building a Two-Generation Self-Sufficiency Program from the Ground Up, Toby Herr, Robert Halpern, and Ria Majeske Two-Generation Early Intervention Programs: A Child Development Perspective, Craig T. Ramey, Sharon Landesman Ramey, K. Robin Gaines, and Clancy Blair The Potential of Two-Generation Interventions: An Employment and Training Perspective, Jean Grossman and Brian Hollis Evaluating Two-Generation Interventions: Current Efforts and Directions for Future Research, Sheila Smith Author Index Subject Index