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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.
‘Nonresponse Bias’ Could Explain the Census Bureau’s Finding on the Citizenship Question The Census Bureau found that the addition of a citizenship question to the census would have virtually no impact on self-response.Rural Communities Aren’t Immune from a Census Undercount. Here’s How They Can Prepare for 2020 Much of the conversation around potential undercounts in the 2020 Census has focused on urban areas.Changes in School Lunch Reporting Make Achievement Gaps Harder to Measure Students' receipt of free- and reduced-price lunch is a weak indicator of student poverty.Administration’s SNAP Proposal Could Affect Free School Lunch—And Now We Know How Much Schools using the Community Eligibility Provision to provide free lunch to all students could be affected by a recent proposal.How Has HUD’s Controversial Rental Assistance Demonstration Affected Tenants? The RAD program allows housing authorities to “convert” their units into project-based Section 8 assistance.