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As lawmakers develop legal frameworks for AI, they need a clearer understanding of how AI preemption—federal and state law overriding lower level AI rules—affects public interest and community well-being.
How Expanded Work Requirements in the 2018 Farm Bill Could Affect SNAP Participants and States Urban Institute analysis finds that 7.9 million SNAP participants would be subject to proposed work requirements.Three ways collaboration could potentially advance place-based impact investing Place-based impact investing is gaining momentum in foundations across the country.Racial inclusion and racial diversity: How they compare and diverge across cities The Inclusive Recovery project ranked 274 of the most-populous US cities by overall, economic, and racial inclusion.Reviving SNAP Asset Limits Could Backfire on Families’ Finances The evidence suggests that asset limits are detrimental to the financial security of low-income Americans.A proposal to modernize TANF could bring new incentives and unintended consequences There is bipartisan agreement that TANF could better support low-income children and their parents.