“It was incredible,” Ryan recalls of that night. “We had this long list of a couple hundred galaxies we were hoping to look at. We found it in the ninth image.” In the summer of 2017, Dr. Ryan Foley’s team famously became the first to capture optical light from colliding neutron stars—a discovery so important … Continued
We can’t measure what we need to measure on our own,” she says. “We have to come together as a community to build the tools that allow us to do this.” In a small town on the coast of Maine, with the waves of the Atlantic Ocean crashing on a shoreline nearby, preschool-aged Meg Crofoot … Continued
Learn how Visión y Compromiso is providing trainings for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers of young children, and teaching us what quality care looks like.
Learn more about the lessons we have learned about the strategies and practices to effectively connect with family, friends, and neighbors caregivers to foster nurturing early learning experiences.
The Packard Foundation’s Children, Families, and Communities program launched our Informal Care strategy in 2014, and since then we have been learning from two cohorts of grantees who are testing approaches to improving the quality of care that Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) caregivers provide. We have learned a lot and are making slight adjustments … Continued
Tips and tricks to help inform anyone thinking about their next convening, including how we brought informal caregivers together to expand their networks, generate new insights, and ideas for tangible next steps.
At the Packard Foundation, our goal is for children to be ready to succeed in school by age five with good health, self-confidence, social skills, and a love of learning. When we stop to think about what this takes, we recognize that there is a crucial common factor in each child’s success: the adults that … Continued
Harder+Company Community Research, in partnership with the Center for Evaluation Innovation, conducted an evaluation of four Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) informal care projects working to reach, engage, and support FFN and other informal caregivers in community locations, public libraries, public housing, or through text messaging. This evaluation brief summarizes key lessons learned about strategies … Continued
Walk through the doors of an Oakland Public Library, and you might not find your stereotypical library setting. The rooms aren’t quiet and hushed. Instead, they are bursting with energy. Visit the system’s Elmhurst or Melrose branch on a Wednesday or Thursday morning and you’ll be greeted by a diverse group of toddlers and their … Continued
This report is a compilation of the findings from the three research projects, which broaden our understanding of caregivers’ motivations and experiences, and provides a more nuanced depiction of the adults who are caring for our youngest children.