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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 Funding Sources of Cash Transfer Programs Can Affect Participants’ Access to Safety Net Benefits Direct cash transfer programs are increasingly popular, but where the programs’ funding comes from can affect recipients’ eligibility for other benefits.Who Serves More People of Color in Mortgage Lending: Banks or Nonbanks? A new analysis shows banks make a lower proportion of their loans to neighborhoods and borrowers of color through both government and conventional lending channels.The Pandemic Exacerbated Mental Health Issues among Incarcerated Youth. How Can We Reverse the Trend? Gaining a better understanding of incarcerated young people’s mental health issues and providing equitable services will help meet their needs and reduce the rate of disorders.Excluding For-Profit Students from the Pell Increase May Not Have the Intended Effect Though passage of the Build Back Better Act looks increasingly unlikely, it proposes to limit the increase to eligible students enrolled in public and not-for-profit colleges and universities which could have ripple effects for how federal dollars are used to implement accountability in higherBlack Students Find Greater Satisfaction Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities Black students’ higher rates of satisfaction at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over Black students at non-HBCUs is an acknowledgment that despite the challenges facing HBCUs, they still deliver positive experiences and build great pride among their graduates.Timing Is Everything for Students Needing Summer Food Support The stalled Build Back Better Act addresses plans for Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) starting in summer 2023, leaving summer 2022 students without benefits. Now is the ideal time to apply lessons learned from the rollout of Pandemic EBT to Summer EBT plans so that students in need can
