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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.
Love Your Block Gives Cities a Leg Up in COVID-19 Response Three insights from the Love Your Block program can inform other cities seeking to adapt their community and neighborhood-based services during the pandemic.Better Data Use Shows the Depths of the Pandemic Prekindergarten Crisis An equitable return to prekindergarten requires engaging children and families who did not enroll this fall.Why Automated Home Valuation Technology Errors Disproportionately Affect Majority-Black Neighborhoods Data show lower sales prices heighten the percentage magnitude of automated valuation model error in majority-Black neighborhoods.Three Steps State Child Care Agencies Can Take to Support an Equitable Economic Recovery To promote an equitable economic recovery and better support families, policymakers can use COVID-19 relief funds to begin addressing child care challenges.Microsimulation Models Can Help Dismantle Structural Inequities in Federal Programs Microsimulation models are powerful tools that can help answer questions about the potential equity impacts of existing and new policies.“Learn to Code” Won’t Cut It: How Planners Can Ensure Energy Transitions Won’t Leave Coal Country Behind Previous energy transitions have left communities behind—but this is not inevitable.