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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.
What Conventional Approaches to Fixing Social Security Are Missing The Congressional Budget Office recently released an interactive tool in which users can select options to fix Social Security.Five Ways the HEARTH Act Changed Homelessness Assistance The HEARTH Act accelerated the shift from shelter to Housing First.Three Persistent Myths about School Integration, 65 Years after Brown v. Board Schools across major US cities remain more segregated than neighborhoods.What Do We Still Need to Know about Work Requirements in Public Housing Agencies? Most Chicago Housing Authority residents subject to work requirements were compliant.Is Political Polarization Affecting the Nonprofit Sector? A recent report analyzed differences in activities, mission, and funding for nonprofits in landslide voting districts.Pricing “Free College” Elizabeth Warren's plan and other variants of free college could result in disproportionate benefits to high-income families.