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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.
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.The complexity of education debt among older Americans Older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in outstanding federal student debt.A strong apprenticeship model can help solve America's workforce challenges Six million jobs are unfilled, while 6.5 million people are unemployed. Why can’t employers fill these positions?How a map’s “bins” can influence your perception of an important policy issue In maps used in policy debates, states are placed into groups based on choices made by the map creator.