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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.
Why isn’t TANF helping those who need it most? The share of families receiving TANF benefits relative to the number of eligible families dropped from 79 percent in 1996 to 32 percent in 2012.How cities are using pay for success to fight homelessness Helping people who use homeless services isn't just about balancing budgets or putting roofs over heads. It’s about advancing systems that work.Health marketplaces made significant progress in 2015. What will happen in 2016? Most analysts predicted that enrollment would be higher in 2015 than in 2014, but what do these projections mean for the next open enrollment period?Let girls be girls: Growing up too soon in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty In some communities, harassment, domestic violence, and sexual exploitation of women and even young girls has become a part of everyday life.How do states really stack up on the 2015 NAEP? Reporting raw NAEP scores obscures a deeper narrative. New research finds a way to account for differences in student demographics among the states.To reduce the federal prison population, prosecutor behavior needs to change Since the mid-1980s, federal prison sentences for a drug offense have increased by more than a third, while sentences to probation have plummeted.
