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DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
Mississippi’s work requirements don’t account for a varying labor market by race and geography Four maps illustrate geographic and racial disparities in economic opportunity across Mississippi.Which metro areas have the most opportunity for college graduates to use their degrees? A new Urban Institute analysis calculates the “mix-match” between the share of people with college education and the share of jobs that require it.Six things we learned from young adults experiencing gun violence in Chicago Of 345 young adults interviewed, one in three said they had carried a gun—almost all illegally.Rapid re-housing can help end children’s homelessness Children younger than 4 who experience homelessness are at increased risk for adverse health outcomes.Three ways states can boost the impact of new federal opioid legislation on Medicaid’s health homes program Federal opioid legislation was passed earlier this month and is awaiting the president’s signature.How small grants encouraged jail reform at the local level Local jails admit nearly 11 million people every year, a number that has almost doubled since 1978.
