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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.
Young Millennials and Gen Zers Face Employment Insecurity and Hardship during the Pandemic Young adults are most likely to experience pandemic-related employment instability.Three Ways the New Administration Can Kickstart Economic Recovery in the First 100 Days through Apprenticeships The incoming administration could capitalize on the 20-year high of national apprenticeship expansion.More Children Are Missing Kindergarten. Without Policymakers’ Support, Their Futures Could Be in Jeopardy. New data show 17 percent of parents are waiting to enroll their children in kindergarten during the pandemic, nearly triple the amount who waited to enroll in 2010.Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Medicaid Expansion Is More Important Than Ever, and Young Adults Would Gain the Most New estimates find that expanding Medicaid now would reduce the number of uninsured people by 4.4 million.