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You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Ascend at the Aspen Institute Search Search Signup for Updates Menu Most Popular Ascend’s COVID-19 Response Leadership National Network/2Gen Learning Community 2Gen Toolbox Two Generation Guiding Principles What is 2Gen? National Network/2Gen Learning Community Our Strategies Leadership Policy Practice Resources Convenings Publications Webinars 2Gen Toolbox 2Gen Outcomes Bank Blog Press About Us Our Mission Our History How We Work Our Initiatives Philanthropic Partners Our Team Contact Us × Two Generations. One Future. Ascend at the Aspen Institute is a hub for breakthrough ideas and collaborations that move children and their parents toward educational success and economic security. Ascend takes a two-generation approach to our work – focusing on children and their parents together – and we bring a gender and racial equity lens to our analysis. Learn More Resources Network Fellows Policy Aspen Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative Virtual Discussion: How Communities and Political Leaders Can Support Schools This Year Governors, mayors, and families are on the front lines of communities coping with changes in the pandemic world. As the school year begins, the Aspen Institute turns to representatives of these three groups to ask: How can we support students and families in this unprecedented school year? On August 26, Ascend and the Aspen Education… More Aspen Family Prosperity Innovation Community Announcing: New Community of Family Prosperity Innovators Our world has changed. The wave of uncertainty touched off by the pandemic is becoming an ongoing process of relearning how to live, work and care for our families. A powerful national movement for racial justice around the world is making clear that we need a new social contract. Our nation faces a reckoning with… More Aspen Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative RFP Submission Guidelines for the Aspen Parent Powered Solutions Fund Engaging the ideas, perspectives, and expertise of students who are parents is critical to co-creating authentic solutions at the local, state, and national levels. When brainstorming ways to advance postsecondary completion for student parents, Ascend at the Aspen Institute turned to a special cohort of experts for insight into the unique needs of this population. The Aspen… More Blog An Evidence-Based Approach to Child Support Record levels of job loss, economic instability, and family isolation during the pandemic have raised the child support policy stakes for fathers, families, and communities. Through careful and rigorous research, we know that there is a better way to approach child support policy to build strong families and communities. Across the country – states, counties, and tribes… More August 26, 2020 Child Support Policy Fact Sheet: Reducing Arrears August 26, 2020 Child Support Policy Fact Sheet: Paying Support to Families August 26, 2020 Centering Child Well-Being in Child Support Policy July 8, 2020 Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Confirm Parenting Status and Assess Barriers to Completion July 8, 2020 Strategies and Innovations that Support Student Parents: Leverage State and Federal Policy Opportunities Publications More Tweets by AspenAscend From Twitter More Privacy Policy Contact Us Facebook Twitter ')...