Laying Infrastructure for Families to Thrive (LIFT)
How can we integrate access to economic and concrete resources with child welfare and juvenile justice services to support the economic stability and mobility of young people and families?
Partners & Funders
The Project
A growing body of evidence demonstrates the connections between poverty and child welfare outcomes. We’re working with New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to help establish economic stability and upward mobility for families and youth in, or at-risk of entering, the child welfare and youth justice systems.
The Outcome
We will co-create program models and tools to connect families and young people with the resources they need to support economic stability and upward mobility. We aim to establish models that can scale across the city’s child welfare system to improve child and family well-being, ultimately reducing the likelihood of family involvement with child protection, foster care, and youth justice services.
Laying Infrastructure for Families to Thrive (LIFT)
How can we integrate access to economic and concrete resources with child welfare and juvenile justice services to support the economic stability and mobility of young people and families?
Partners & Funders
The Project
A growing body of evidence demonstrates the connections between poverty and child welfare outcomes. We’re working with New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to help establish economic stability and upward mobility for families and youth in, or at-risk of entering, the child welfare and youth justice systems.
The Outcome
We will co-create program models and tools to connect families and young people with the resources they need to support economic stability and upward mobility. We aim to establish models that can scale across the city’s child welfare system to improve child and family well-being, ultimately reducing the likelihood of family involvement with child protection, foster care, and youth justice services.
