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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.
Making early care and education strategies really work for families We are shortchanging the very children who most need a strong start and the parents who are working hard to give their children a better life.Will lenders’ new low–down payment mortgage programs have a big impact? The announcement of low–down payment programs from four of the nation’s top home lenders—Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and Quicken Loans—has generated a lot of headlines recently. But do these programs signal a turning point for credit availability?Connecting learning to careers An innovative educational approach rejects the classroom as the only space for learning and empowers young people to set their own goals and gain skills through exploration.Let’s help intermediaries expand US apprenticeships Nearly every country with a large-scale apprenticeship system relies heavily on intermediary organizations. Few US companies are knowledgeable enough about apprenticeships to build their own programs without assistance.A “better way” for nonprofits and government to partner to address poverty The status quo is not acceptable if nonprofits are expected to develop innovative solutions to meet today’s needs.Health costs, not Obamacare, dominate the future of federal spending Numbers aren’t always popular for those whose facts must fit their storylines, as opposed to those whose storylines evolve from the facts.
