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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.
How Three Community Colleges Are Accelerating Students’ Time to Completion Community colleges and their students have a shared interest in accelerated learning.Labor Conditions Are a Big Factor in Our Current Housing Supply Challenges Scarce and more expensive labor is a key contributor to the high cost of housing construction.The Community Reinvestment Act Faces Major Changes, but Regulators Are Not Aligned Regulators, banks, and community advocates all agree that the Community Reinvestment Act could better support low-income communities.Four Strategies Community Colleges Are Using to Connect Their Students to Employment To connect more students to employment, college administrators need to act quickly and creatively.Three City Parks that Encourage Inclusion in Their Communities If parks aren’t designed with residents in mind, they can go underutilized, or the opposite—price long-time residents out of the neighborhood.All Five Federal Mortgage Programs Should Treat Student Loan Debt the Same Way Many of the 44.7 million Americans with student loan debt are also in their prime homebuying years.