TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of a two-generation human capital program on low-income parents' education, employment, and psychological wellbeing
AU - Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
AU - Sabol, Terri J.
AU - Sommer, Teresa Eckrich
AU - Chor, Elise
AU - Cooperman, Allison W.
AU - Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
AU - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
AU - King, Christopher
AU - Morris, Amanda
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG; Grant 90FX00100) and the Health Profession Opportunity Grant-University Partnership (HPOG-UP; Grant 90PH0020) from the Administration of Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser- vices; the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Grant P3020014); and the Foundation for Child Development (Grant Northwestern 06-2014). Parts of the results of the current article were presented at the Administration for Children and Families’ National Research Conference on Early Childhood (2018) and the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (2017). Moreover, we have prepared a research brief, in partnership with Ascend at the AspenInstitute,whichissharedontheirwebsite:https://ascend.aspeninstitute .org/resources/cap-tulsa-careeradvance-impact-analysis-2/. The data used in this article can be obtained beginning 6 months after publication through 3 years hence from the author (P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; lcl@northwestern.edu).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Psychological Association.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Two-generation human capital programs for families provide education and workforce training for parents simultaneously with education for children. This study uses a quasi-experimental design to examine the effects of a model two-generation program, CareerAdvance, which recruits parents of children enrolled in Head Start into a health care workforce training program. After 1 year, CareerAdvance parents demonstrated higher rates of certification and employment in the health care sector than did matched-comparison parents whose children were also in Head Start. More important, there was no effect on parents' short-term levels of income or employment across all sectors. CareerAdvance parents also experienced psychological benefits, reporting higher levels of self-efficacy and optimism, in addition to stronger career identity compared with the matched-comparison group. Notably, even as CareerAdvance parents juggled the demands of school, family, and employment, they did not report higher levels of material hardship or stress compared with the matched-comparison group. These findings are discussed in terms of the implications of a family perspective for human capital programs.
AB - Two-generation human capital programs for families provide education and workforce training for parents simultaneously with education for children. This study uses a quasi-experimental design to examine the effects of a model two-generation program, CareerAdvance, which recruits parents of children enrolled in Head Start into a health care workforce training program. After 1 year, CareerAdvance parents demonstrated higher rates of certification and employment in the health care sector than did matched-comparison parents whose children were also in Head Start. More important, there was no effect on parents' short-term levels of income or employment across all sectors. CareerAdvance parents also experienced psychological benefits, reporting higher levels of self-efficacy and optimism, in addition to stronger career identity compared with the matched-comparison group. Notably, even as CareerAdvance parents juggled the demands of school, family, and employment, they did not report higher levels of material hardship or stress compared with the matched-comparison group. These findings are discussed in terms of the implications of a family perspective for human capital programs.
KW - Education and training
KW - Low-income parents
KW - Two-generation programs
KW - Workforce development
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U2 - 10.1037/fam0000517
DO - 10.1037/fam0000517
M3 - Article
C2 - 30843706
AN - SCOPUS:85062513885
SN - 0893-3200
VL - 33
SP - 433
EP - 443
JO - Journal of Family Psychology
JF - Journal of Family Psychology
IS - 4
ER -
