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Child Poverty Reduction Strategies in the U.S.:
Role of Private Philanthropies
Ruby Takanishi
Study Visit to the United Kingdom:The UK’s Child Poverty TargetOctober 9, 2011
www.fcd-us.org
• Role of American Foundations in Child Poverty Reduction
• Dual-Generation Strategies to Reduce Child Poverty
OVERVIEW
• 75,000 foundations of several types in U.S.
• Charitable giving for services and to individuals
• Support for policy-relevant research
• Support for advocacy and communications
• Experimentation with new strategies
ROLE OF AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS:
AN INDEPENDENT SECTOR?
• Combining quality primary education of children with sectoral workforce development for parents
• The current status: Siloed strategies
• Role of foundations in changing current status
DUAL-GENERATION STRATEGIES
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
www.fcd-us.org
http://fcd-us.org/our-work/prek-3rd-education/dual-generation-strategy