The Northwestern University Two-Generation Study of Parent and Child Human Capital Advancement

The Northwestern University Two-Generation Study (NU2Gen) of Parent and Child Human Capital
Advancement is funded through Community Action Project of Tulsa County's (CAP Tulsa) Health
Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG II) from the Administration for Children and Families and
through the HPOG II University Partnership grant. The federal awards support the
implementation of CareerAdvance®, a workforce training and career employment program for
parents living in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the surrounding communities, as well as our
Northwestern-based research project.

CareerAdvance® provides education and training, career coaching, and other supportive
services for parents while their children attend CAP Tulsa-run Head Start programs, other
Tulsa-area public preschool programs, and Tulsa-area K-12 public schools. The explicit goal
of the program is to promote the economic self-sufficiency and well-being of low-income
families across generations.

The evaluation is composed of two parts: the Two-Generation Human Capital Outcomes Study and
the Two-Generation Explanatory Mechanisms Study. Through parent surveys and parent and child
administrative data we will examine the effects of CareerAdvance® on parent and child human
capital outcomes (e.g., child academic achievement, parent educational advancement and
certification, and psychological and family functioning). Using innovative measurement tools
(e.g. Language Environment Analysis (LENA)) along with parent and child focus groups and
interviews, we will also explore mechanisms that might give rise to program effects (e.g.,
home language environment; coping, balance, and stress; and academic and career identities).
Participants will actively take part in the study for three years and we will collect child
administrative data for study parents' children until they turn 18 years old or graduate high
school, whichever occurs last. Current funding for NU2Gen is through September 2020.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Applicants to CAP Tulsa's CareerAdvance® program under the HPOG II evaluation study,
including participants who are randomly assigned not to participate in CareerAdvance®
by the HPOG II evaluation study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Not proficient in English