Your Family, Your Neighborhood: Results from a Feasibility and Acceptability Study of Parent Engagement in Subsidized Project-Based Housing

Your Family, Your Neighborhood (YFYN) is a dual-generation, skill-building intervention designed to strengthen the parent-child bond, increase parent engagement, academic success, and health/well-being for families living in project-based subsidized housing. The curriculum focuses on strengthening t...

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Published inJournal of community practice Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 459 - 470
Main Authors Lechuga-Peña, Stephanie, Brisson, Daniel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Academic achievement
academic success
Children
Community
Families & family life
feasibility and acceptability
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Intervention
Neighborhoods
parent engagement
Parent-child relations
Parents & parenting
Public housing
Social cohesion
subsidized housing
Well being
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Summary:Your Family, Your Neighborhood (YFYN) is a dual-generation, skill-building intervention designed to strengthen the parent-child bond, increase parent engagement, academic success, and health/well-being for families living in project-based subsidized housing. The curriculum focuses on strengthening the bond between parents and children, increasing parent engagement, and building neighborhood social cohesion. This study explored the feasibility, acceptability, and program effects on parent engagement, using a pretest/post-test design and focus groups. Participating families reported improvements in their parent involvement and improvements in their child's progress in school. Results suggest that services attached to public housing can be a successful family intervention strategy.
ISSN:1070-5422
1543-3706
DOI:10.1080/10705422.2018.1521353