Welcome to the New Neighborhood, a podcast that explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the country as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communities. Each episode features innovations that will create a society where all children and their families can thrive.

Hosted by: Cailin O'Connor and Sanaa Sharrieff

Join Joan Lombardi for a conversation with leaders in Palm Beach County to hear how they brought community services down to the neighborhood level.

Guests: 

• Shaundelyn Emerson, Program Performance Lead at Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach
• Sherrah Hill, BRIDGES Parent Ambassador
• Travelle Northern, BRIDGES Initiative Director, Children’s Home Society

Host: Joan Lombardi

Learn how early childhood leaders in Tulsa are disrupting intergenerational poverty by connecting with families starting in pregnancy through BEST (Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa)

Guest:

• Catrice Brantley, Director, ConnectFirst, at the Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa at the George Kaiser Family Foundation 

Host: Joan Lombardi

Join us for the newest episode in our New Neighborhood podcast series, where we hear about Baby Bundle, a powerful community wide initiative in Bridgeport, CT, designed to meet the needs of children under the age of 3 and their families. 

 Guests:

• Allison Logan, executive director, Bridgeport Prospers 
• Janice Gruendel, senior advisor to Bridgeport Prospers

Host: Joan Lombardi

Learn how Boston advocates developed relationships with parents through connections with housing and development providers.

Guests:

• Cailin O’Connor, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy
• Alia Pacombe, Director, Community Engagement, Urban Edge, Boston, MA
• Carla Therriault, Director, Community Impact, United Way, Massachusetts Bay/Merrimack Valley

Host: Joan Lombardi

Learn how early childhood advocates in Boston partnered with an affordable housing provider to expand their services for families with young children.

Guests:

• Azieb Ermias, Senior Program Analyst, Center for the Study of Social Policy
• Ilia Rolon, Director of Community Clinical Outreach, CHOC Children’s Health System, Orange, CA

Host: Joan Lombardi

Learn how parents shaped and led a successful ballot measure that provides free education and living wage teaching jobs as a way to address racial disparities and inequity in communities across Multnomah County, OR.

Guests:

• Lydia Gray-Holifield, Parent Leader with Early Learning Multnomah’s (ELM) Parent Accountability Council 
• Lai-Lani Ovalles, Senior Manager for Early Learning Multnomah 
• Molly Day, Co-Director, Early Learning Multnomah

Host: Joan Lombardi