Hundreds of kids get free shoes in Brownsville Check out News 12 Brooklyn’s coverage of our Power of Two “Step into Summer” event, where we distributed 1,042 pairs of children’s shoes in partnership with Little Essentials,  TOMS, Riverdale Avenue Community School, and Jumpstart Head over to the News 12 Brooklyn website to see the video

In the Sunday Review for the New York Times, Paul Tough writes: This is why interventions such as home visits with parents can be so effective. When parents get the support they need to create a warm, stable, nurturing environment at home, their children’s stress levels often go down, while their emotional stability and psychological resilience…

Kathleen Lucadamo writes about Power of Two for the Hechinger Report: At age 2, Maya turns to her mother, Taneice Dawkins, to show off her every move. She pounds a spoon on a table, prompting her mother to exclaim, “Oh, it’s a loud banging spoon.” The little girl hands her mother a cup, a piece of…

Kendra Hurley mentions Power of Two in this article for The New School Center for New York City Affairs: Fortunately, a growing body of research suggests that a caregiver who is generally warm, nurturing and responsive to a baby’s cues can help to strengthen parent and child bonds and buffer young children from the potentially brutal impact of conditions common…

The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs writes about Power of Two, saying: Studies have found that the model has a strong completion rate with caregivers, and that young children who received ABC experienced less stress and were more frequently securely attached to their caregivers than children who received a different intervention. Read the…