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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.
Latinx Essential Workers Are the Backbone of Our Economy. How Can We Ensure They Aren’t Forgotten during Its Recovery? Latinxs are nearly 20 percent of the US population, making them increasingly consequential to the labor market.Financial Coaching Emerges as a Vital Support during the Pandemic Financial coaches can help clients navigate economic uncertainty and lessen COVID-19's threats to their well-being.How Cities’ Technology Responses to the Pandemic Can Close Instead of Widen Disparities When cities do not deliberately center equity in technology programs, marginalized groups face the consequences.How Women’s Prisons Can Reduce Trauma for Parents and Pregnant People in Custody A new study explored how women’s prisons assist pregnant people and parents as one component of their approach to addressing prior and in-custody trauma.Six Strategies for a More Inclusive Understanding of How COVID-19 is Affecting Families’ Child Care Needs How researchers can apply racial equity and community engagement lenses to data collection.Declining School Enrollment Spells Trouble for Education Funding Enrollment declines come at a time when state budgets are tightening and broad cuts to K–12 education funding are on the table.
