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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.
How People-Based Special Purpose Credit Programs Can Reduce the Racial Homeownership Gap People-based special purpose credit programs are the most direct way to target resources to close the racial homeownership gap.Simplification Cannot Be the Only Goal of Student Aid Reform Combining merit- and need-based state grant aid programs can seem attractive because of the simplicity but risks denying sufficient aid to the students who need it most.Understanding the Harms of Police Violence Can Help Build Community Safety Understanding the violence happening in communities is the first step toward reducing it.To Ease Pain at the Pump, Help People Avoid the Pump Payments to consumers are better than suspending gas taxes to address gas inflation, but investing in alternatives to driving is the best long-term solution.What’s the Key to an Equitable COVID-19 Recovery in DC? As DC recovers from the pandemic, intentional, cross-sector effort is needed to correct inequities of the past and present.Rural Water Systems Need Immediate Investment to Prepare for Future Disasters Winter Storm Uri provided valuable lessons about the realities of small water systems that are aging and underresourced yet critical to community health and prosperity.
