Foundation & Grantee News
Building Community Through Language Proficiency: Q&A with Andrew Sansone
For immigrant families living in the U.S., language skills are the keystone for turning a new community into their home. Speaking English helps family members to better communicate across generations and with their communities. What’s more, language skills are a vital tool for families who benefit from access to supportive… Read More
The Power of Relationships: How the Whole Family Approach Is Improving the Lives of Working Families
Initial Evaluations of the Whole Family Approach Show Promising Results By Riccina Cabezas and Ross Whiting Publication time: July 2019 For too many working families, a single unforeseen circumstance, such as an illness or a car repair, can prove disastrous. Without adequate planning and support, these families fall into crisis…. Read More
Tax Season Highlights the Importance of Providing Families with Financial Coaching to Weather Unforeseen Setbacks
Some families across the country received an unwelcome surprise this tax season, getting less in refunds than years before and, in some cases, owing the government. Unanticipated financial setbacks, like this one, can have a severe impact on working, low-income families’ wellbeing. For many families, this will mean sacrificing what… Read More
Grantee Spotlight: Families to College Celebrated the End of the School Year
Our grantee, Families to College, held a recognition ceremony for the families, students, and mentors they work with at the beginning of June. The students were rewarded for their hard work and also revealed the mural they have been working on. Congratulations to all involved! We’re so proud of the… Read More
South Jersey First Star Teen Launches Fundraiser for Foster Youths
Making her journey through foster care and adjusting to adoption, Tadae King-Williams relies on words of inspiration. “My journal was my lifeline,” King-Williams said. “When I felt like I had no one to understand me, I knew I always had my journal to write in.” Filling the blank pages helped… Read More
Pascale Sykes Foundation Hosts Presentation on Job Access and Public Transit
Community shuttles helped Atlantic County “average more than two to three times the access to public jobs” than two comparable regions, according to a study into links between access to public transit and access to economic opportunities. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia presented findings from the study as part… Read More
The Whole Family Approach Ensures the Well-being of the Entire Family Long-term
A new report by the Urban Institute says nearly one in five people is served by at least one safety net program, and almost one-third of all children receive assistance. But the current system is not set up to help people prevent crises and poverty. We need to shift our… Read More
The Pascale Sykes Foundation and New Jersey Community Capital team up on Microlending Initiative
Microlending is taking off around the state of New Jersey. But, while others are just getting started, one partnership in South Jersey has already figured out a working model. The more than three-year partnership between the Pascale Sykes Foundation and New Jersey Community Capital involves loans from the foundation that… Read More
Join Us For an Event on Public Transit and Equitable Economic Development on March 25th!
You are invited to an important meeting hosted by the Pascale Sykes Foundation to take a deeper look at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia study: Public Transit, Job Access, and Equitable Economic Development in Three Medium-Sized Regions—York County (PA), Scranton (PA), Atlantic County (NJ). Finding and maintaining employment in… Read More
Kings and Princesses Dance 2019
At Keansburg Father Time’s Kings and Princesses Dance, families celebrate one of the most important human relationship bonds, that between a father and his daughter. Watch the video to experience the 2019 dance and see these memorable moments between fathers and daughters, the kings and princesses of each other’s lives…. Read More
