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A “better way” to end poverty: Look at the evidence House Speaker Paul Ryan's poverty plan signals progress toward more evidence-based policies, but a few questions remain.Transportation options are expanding, but can they reach the urban poor? For low-income families, some opportunities like better jobs or high-quality schools can be nearly impossible to reach without access to a privately owned vehicle.Help families in poverty by speeding delivery of SNAP benefits Between 36 and 40 percent of SNAP applicants with children reported experiencing an emergency during the application process that could have been avoided or reduced if they had gotten their benefits more quickly.Housing supply falls short of demand by 430,000 units Supply will eventually catch up as builders start work on more new houses, but the gap is expected to grow for several years even if household formation doesn't.Exploring opportunities for well-being, from baby boomers to millennials Some predict that the majority of children born after 2000 will live to 100 or more. But our careers, social programs, and choices reflect demographic patterns of a time when the average life span was much shorter than it is now.Illinois’s budget crisis may jeopardize innovative financing efforts Chicago is using pay-for-success financing to expand preschool for low-income students. But Illinois's failure to pass a state budget could disrupt the project and many students' lives.
