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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.
Including Immigrants in State and Local Support Responses during the COVID-19 Pandemic Inclusive recovery efforts require attention to the needs and circumstances of immigrant communities and a combination of accessible mainstream and targeted supports for immigrant families.Disparities in Disaster Mitigation Resources and Information Can Leave Households Unprepared for Climate Threats Resources, attention, and political will for ensuring everyone is prepared are not equitably distributed.The OCC’s New CRA Regulations Put Banks Ahead of Communities Tying evaluation to the importance of the activity to the bank ignores the fact that many activities constituting a small share of the bank’s business have an outsize importance to the bank’s community.How Transit Agencies Can Transition to Contactless Payment without Leaving Anyone Behind "Everyone deserves access to transit, no matter what the future looks like."Racial Inequities Will Grow Unless We Consciously Work to Eliminate Them To lessen and reverse the pandemic's effects on Black families' income and wealth, consciously consider the persistent effects of the country’s legacy of human trafficking, bondage, and disadvantage.The COVID-19 Crisis Continues to Have Uneven Economic Impact by Race and Ethnicity Tracking which households are most affected could assist policymakers in targeting their efforts and ensuring an equitable recovery for all.