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Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cause some DC-area families to lose an average of $187 in monthly benefits.
What Twitter data reveal about the most successful regional giving days While Giving Tuesday has become a household name, regional giving days have enjoyed considerable success.How evidence-based decisionmaking enhances public service Using evidence to make decisions can mitigate challenges raised by a large federal bureaucracy.The keys to America’s economic growth are in low-income and marginalized communities Marginalized people could dramatically boost our economy, but they need support from the private, public, and social sectors.Credit scores perpetuate racial disparities, even in America’s most prosperous cities Predominantly nonwhite areas in more than 50 of 60 major US cities have below-prime median credit scores.How pay for success can support workforce development and integrated career pathway models The pay for success model can support federal funding for workforce development, which has declined over the past two decades.One in five families will lose resources under administration’s proposed changes to safety net programs As many as 29.2 million families would lose an average of $1,230 per year.
