The New Neighborhood

Yakima Valley Partners for Education, a collective impact initiative in Washington State, provides drive-through food distribution for the Yakama Nation Reservation and other residents of the Yakima Valley. We talked about this program with Lucy Smartlowit of Peacekeeper Society and Suzy Diaz of Heritage University about how and why they target food insecurity in order to improve outcomes for children. SHOW NOTES:Peacekeeper Society:  More about Yakima Valley Partners in Education: about the history of indigenous people and languages in your area of North America:

Alana Dennis and Jessie Manning from Safe Families for Children join us from Cleveland to talk about how volunteers open their homes to socially isolated families in order to build relationships, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help families stay together.SHOW NOTES: Safe Families for Children: Safe Families for Children of Cleveland: @sffccleveland; @safefamiliesforchildrenclevelandCenter for the Study of Social Policy: www.cssp.orgStrengthening Families: www.strengtheningfamilies.netHealth Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE): and @safefamiliesforchildrencleveland should be tagged when posting, if possible. Their comms team is aware and ready to share it!

New co-hosts Cailin O’Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff are joined by Joan Lombardi, who launched the podcast last year, to talk about what brings them to this work, why it was important to bring on a parent leader (Sanaa) as co-host this season, and what the “secret sauce” is that makes a community a great place to raise kids.  SHOW NOTES:Center for the Study of Social Policy Parent Leader NetworkPositive and Adverse Childhood ExperiencesAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) (from the CDC)Health Outcomes of Positive Experiences (HOPE)PACEs ConnectionStrengthening FamiliesReady for School Ready for Life (Guilford County, NC)Season 1 – in case you missed itEnjoy Sanaa’s musical and spoken word content on Spotify and YouTubeLinkedIn: Sanaa Sharrieff and Cailin O’Connor

Welcome to the New Neighborhood, a podcast that explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the country as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communities. Each episode features innovations that will create a society where all children and their families can thrive.Hosted by: Cailin O'Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff

Join Joan Lombardi for a conversation with leaders in Palm Beach County to hear how they brought community services down to the neighborhood level. Guests: Shaundelyn Emerson, Program Performance Lead at Children’s Services Council of Palm BeachSherrah Hill, BRIDGES Parent AmbassadorTravelle Northern, BRIDGES Initiative Director, Children’s Home SocietyHost: Joan Lombardi

Learn how early childhood leaders in Tulsa are disrupting intergenerational poverty by connecting with families starting in pregnancy through BEST (Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa) Guest:Catrice Brantley, Director, ConnectFirst, at the Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa at the George Kaiser Family Foundation Host: Joan Lombardi

Join us for the newest episode in our New Neighborhood podcast series, where we hear about Baby Bundle, a powerful community wide initiative in Bridgeport, CT, designed to meet the needs of children under the age of 3 and their families.  Guests:Allison Logan, executive director, Bridgeport Prospers Janice Gruendel, senior advisor to Bridgeport ProspersHost: Joan Lombardi

Learn how Boston advocates developed relationships with parents through connections with housing and development providers.Guests:Cailin O’Connor, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social PolicyAlia Pacombe, Director, Community Engagement, Urban Edge, Boston, MACarla Therriault, Director, Community Impact, United Way, Massachusetts Bay/Merrimack ValleyHost: Joan Lombardi

Learn how early childhood advocates in Boston partnered with an affordable housing provider to expand their services for families with young children.Guests:Azieb Ermias, Senior Program Analyst, Center for the Study of Social PolicyIlia Rolon, Director of Community Clinical Outreach, CHOC Children’s Health System, Orange, CAHost: Joan Lombardi

Learn how parents shaped and led a successful ballot measure that provides free education and living wage teaching jobs as a way to address racial disparities and inequity in communities across Multnomah County, OR.Guests:Lydia Gray-Holifield, Parent Leader with Early Learning Multnomah’s (ELM) Parent Accountability Council Lai-Lani Ovalles, Senior Manager for Early Learning Multnomah Molly Day, Co-Director, Early Learning MultnomahHost: Joan Lombardi