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Eliminating the 2021 Thrifty Food Plan would mean the maximum SNAP benefit would not cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in any state or county nationwide. 

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Combining dollar cutoffs with indexing changes fundamentally alters the structure and philosophy that have guided the Social Security program for the past 90 years.
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Many small business owners need to borrow capital to operate, but how an entrepreneur manages debt can lead to significant differences in business outcomes and trajectory.
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Timely data on Americans’ finances and the cost of basic needs by state and congressional district.
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Three-year-olds enrolled in prekindergarten were 35 percentage points more likely to stay in DC’s public schools through kindergarten.
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We map the current area each SSA office covers to understand people’s access to SSA offices and how long people would have to drive if their nearest office were to close.
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What types of communities do nonprofit organizations serve? How much of a nonprofit’s funding comes from individual donations versus foundations or government? Who leads and works at nonprofits? These are the types of questions the Nonprofit Trends Tracker can answer.
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Institutional investors’ scale and standardized processes could help expand capacity among nonprofits, small investors, and homeowners to rehabilitate and manage affordable single-family rental homes.
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Data and policy recommendations on low-wage immigrant workers, including statistics on race, ethnicity, educational attainment, geography, and occupation concentration.
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Comprehensive data on the number of people eligible for major US safety net programs, how many of those eligible receive the benefits, and the extent to which receiving those benefits reduces poverty.