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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.
Creando Avenidas para la Inclusión Financiera de Familia Latinas Las comunidades latinas son el segmento con la más alta tasa de crecimiento en la economía estadounidense, sin embargo, es una comunidad que esta rezagada de los sistemas financieros. Esta brecha se puede cerrar con ayuda de políticas públicas y por medio de políticas financieras privadas también.Creating Avenues to Financial Inclusion for Latino Families Latino communities are the fastest-growing consumer base in the US economy but are often excluded from financial systems, a gap policymakers and financial leaders can help close.Data Sharing Can Better Allow Partner Networks to Meet Equity Goals For places pursuing equitable public space projects, data sharing with partner organizations is critical but requires specific agreements to ensure accurate and timely data.Bank Regulators Are Taking Too Narrow a View of Mortgage Risk Recently proposed banking regulations’ focus on banks may increase risk in the mortgage market.What’s at Stake as Public Spending on Kids Declines? Public spending on children—including the child tax credit—benefits kids and families in the immediate term and can have a long-term payoff for the federal government and society.How Local Governments Can Harness Disaggregated Data without Compromising Privacy Synthetic datasets can offer local governments the opportunity to better and more equitably serve their communities while preserving privacy, but creating these datasets also requires careful consideration of some potential limitations.