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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.
A proposal to modernize TANF could bring new incentives and unintended consequences There is bipartisan agreement that TANF could better support low-income children and their parents.What’s behind the wealth gap in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities? Research shows the size and nuances of disparities in financial well-being among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.The F in TANF is for families: Reducing child poverty should be an explicit goal Only 1.4 million families with children receive support from TANF, though 8 million families with children live in poverty.ICE worksite raids are back. Here’s what we know about them Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 97 immigrants at a meat processing plant in Bean Station, TN.Instead of tariffs, try apprenticeships The manufacturing industry is facing a skills gap estimated to result in 2 million unfilled jobs by 2025.Building the evidence on access to opportunity-rich neighborhoods Living in low-poverty communities enables low-income people to improve their economic outlook.