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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 would $5.7 billion fund for America’s children? With $5.7 billion, the federal government could quintuple the amount it spends on job training programs for youth.The shutdown has federal families experiencing instability already felt by many Furloughed federal workers are joining millions of other parents facing challenges paying for their children's basic needs.We need better zoning data to address pressing housing and development issues How much do we know about zoning, its variations across the US, and the effectiveness of various reform options?The mortgage market is not meeting the needs of self-employed workers Self-employed households still earn more than salaried households, but they've been slower to recover from the 2008 crisis.The shutdown puts families depending on HUD assistance at risk of eviction The most risk is felt among people living in project-based rental assistance properties, for which 1,150 contracts have expired.“Public charge” could lead to fewer immigrants—and taxpayers—contributing to the US economy Immigrants and their children are expected to make up a greater share of our labor force in the coming decades.
