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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
To Advance Racial Equity, Releasing Disaggregated Data while Protecting Privacy Will Be Key What should federal agencies consider to ensure communities most vulnerable to privacy attacks don’t become more at risk?How Are States Funding School Districts in the Wake of Changing Enrollments Caused by COVID-19? Schools will need robust funding to invest in initiatives that mitigate learning loss in the 2021–22 school year.Child Care Subsidies Can Provide Critical Support to Families during Unemployment The Child Care and Development Fund is one possible source of support for parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Number of Hispanic Households Will Skyrocket by 2040. How Can the Housing Industry Support Their Needs? Three changes could reduce the barriers to homeownership for Hispanic households.Native Communities Face Sustained Challenges to Building Financial Resilience During the pandemic last year, people living in majority-Native communities faced persistently high rates and levels of delinquent debt, nearly half had subprime credit, and some turned to high-cost predatory lenders to meet their financial needs