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A new study of the United Way of Central Indiana’s Great Families 2020 initiative found the two-generation approach is effective in helping families achieve economic success and stability especially in creating the capacity of nonprofit organizations.
The IU Public Policy Institute s Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy conducted the research. Director of Evaluation Roxy Lawrence said the model invests in human capital for parents and children.
“And in doing so, you re sort of helping the family move into more self sufficiency and economic stability versus just the child becoming better off or the parent becoming better off,” Lawrence said.
Indianapolis was already known to have some of the highest eviction rates in the country.
The study from the Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy, or CRISP, at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute found that a majority of evictions consistently occur in Black and brown communities during the decade leading up to the pandemic.
CRISP Research Coordinator Kelsie Stringham-Marquis said evictions dropped significantly when COVID-19 hit, but quickly began to tick back up when moratoriums were lifted.
“That is concerning because we are still in a pandemic and people are still struggling,” Stringham-Marquis said.
This fall rates rose to just 20 to 40 percent lower than pre-pandemic highs when filing averages were well over 2,000 a month.