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To use AI tools effectively, local leaders must optimize documents and information for AI, implement guardrails, and rely on human expertise to evaluate risks and benefits.
Tech Needs Public Policy to Drive Lasting Social Change Policymakers can provide the vision needed to ensure technology doesn't reinforce existing inequities.More Than 250,000 Mothers Could Start Working through Expanded Child Care Subsides A hypothetical expansion of child care subsidies could raise family incomes and reduce child poverty.How Can We Overcome Inequities in Who Owns Small Businesses? Chicago’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund creates and grows entrepreneurs in underserved commercial corridors.Detroit Shows How Placemaking Can Undo Neighborhood Segregation Placemaking can encourage investments in communities through targeted economic development.What Teachers Should Know about Students with Incarcerated Family Members Research shows that having an incarcerated parent worsens children’s outcomes.Expanding Child Care Subsidies Could Serve Two Million Additional Children Our current child care system leaves many families unable to find or pay for high-quality child care.