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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.
Three Ways to Advance Racial Equity in the Workforce while Combating Climate Change The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a step toward combating the worsening climate crisis while creating jobs, but it isn’t enough on its own.The Real Rental Housing Crisis Is on the Horizon New data show that landlords are increasing rental prices and instituting stricter screening criteria for renters, indicating a bleak rental market outlook for years to come.Emergency Rental Assistance Is Not Reaching Tenants with the Lowest Incomes Fast Enough New survey results show that renters with low incomes are having a hard time making their rental payments, but Emergency Rental Assistance funding isn’t reaching them quickly enough to prevent evictions.How Student Loan Borrowers Have Changed since 2008 Compared with 2008, student loan borrowers today are older, carry more debt on average, are more likely to have middle or higher incomes, and benefit from more flexible student loan repayment policies, which has implications for how we build public policy for borrowers.Four Ways to Improve Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated People with Behavioral Health Needs Service providers aiming to support the reentry of formerly incarcerated people with behavioral health needs can look to the lessons learned from Orange County’s successful implementation of Proposition 47 services.“Moving at the Speed of Trust”: How Environmental Justice Advocate-Researcher Collaborations Can Build Better Partnerships EJ advocates and researchers aren’t at odds but contribute diverse skill sets, tools, and expertise—and neither corners the market on any one resource or skill.
