<p>Please join us for a conversation around the importance of collaboration as part of the <a href="https://www.wholefamilyapproach.org/our-approach/" target="_blank">Whole Family Approach</a>. <strong>Our research demonstrates findings that show the collaborative approach played a major role in positive outcomes for families served. </strong>We will highlight the partnerships the agencies have formed to benefit the families they work with.</p> <p>For this episode of <em><strong>Working Together for Working Families</strong></em>, we welcome <a href="https://driveevaluation.com/about/">Elena Ragusa</a>, President, <a href="https://driveevaluation.com/">Drive Evaluation Studios</a>; and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emoryedwards/" target="_blank">Emory Edwards</a>, Senior Director of Partnerships and Institutional Relations, Office of Advancement and External Affairs <a href="https://www.saintpeters.edu/">St. Peter's University</a> in Jersey City, NJ. Mr. Edwards is senior director of partnerships and institutional relations at Saint Peter's University. In that role, he maximizes support for broad-based university initiatives and leads community engagement efforts. We also welcome <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-sarro-6b0b195/">Paula Sarro</a>, Associate Executive Director at <a href="https://www.mercycenterbronx.org/">Mercy Center</a>, a community center in the South Bronx section of New York City. She played a key role in forming and now co-leading Familia Adelante/Family Forward, one of the Pascale Sykes Foundation’s Whole Family Approach grantee collaborations. Ms. Sarro is an attorney who has worked for 29 years as a senior manager for nonprofit organizations in the New York City area.</p> <p>Be sure to listen as our guests share their experiences as part of a Whole Family Approach collaboration.</p> <p>#collaboration &nbsp;&nbsp;#Wholefamily &nbsp;&nbsp;#helpforlowincomefamilies</p>