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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.
Why Selecting Contraception Should Be More Like Shopping for Furniture Negative clinical experiences may lead women to avoid accessing health care or be skeptical of providers’ recommendations.Reverse Mortgage Use Differs by Race and Ethnicity. Here’s Why It Matters Borrowers' use of varying mortgage lending products should be considered when improving federal programs.How “Food Scholarships” and Nonprofit Partnerships Support Families’ Physical and Financial Health The Houston Food Bank shows how programs and partnerships can alleviate low-income families' budget stress.More Diversity, More Opportunity? A Q&A with Faith Mitchell Mitchell is the former CEO of Grantmakers In Health, the nation’s largest association of health funders.Beto O’Rourke’s Idea to Boost Homeownership by Building Savings Is Worth a Second Look O’Rourke is still the only 2020 candidate to propose boosting homeownership by injecting cash into Americans’ savings accounts.How to Put Racial Equity at the Center of Neighborhood Investment New investments can revitalize historically excluded neighborhoods, but planners must prioritize racial equity.