90 | Supporting Families Through Equity-Infused Program Change

On this episode, guests Tosin Shenbanjo, Julie Sanon, and Allison Holmes discuss a cross-sector partnership in Memphis, Tennessee, that infused equity into a local nonprofit’s two-generation strategy for alleviating poverty and supporting families. Sanon is the chief operating officer at Agape Child & Family Services in Memphis. Holmes is a senior research associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Shenbanjo is a researcher at Mathematica. They share lessons from a collaboration between Agape, Casey, and Mathematica to implement equity-infused rapid-cycle learning at Agape, with the goal of improving the effectiveness of the nonprofit’s programs that serve children and families. A full transcript of the episode is available here: https://mathematica.org/blogs/supporting-families-through-equity-infused-program-change Read the guide developed by Mathematica and the Annie E. Casey Foundation to help human services providers continuously improve their programs through equitable, collaborative, and innovative approaches: https://www.mathematica.org/publications/championing-change-a-practitioner-guide-for-leading-inclusive-and-equity-infused-rapid-cycle Learn more about the partnership between Agape Child & Family Services, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Mathematica to implement and refine Agape’s place-based, two-generation programs that support children and their families: https://mathematica.org/projects/support-for-agape-child-and-family-services-2gen-model Read a report from Agape Child & Family Services, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Mathematica about Agape’s experience with adapting two of its 2Gen programs in the face of pandemic-related service disruptions: https://www.mathematica.org/publications/learning-to-adapt-helping-agape-child-and-family-services-use-rapid-cycle-learning-to-drive