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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.
Residential Segregation Is Declining. How Can We Continue to Increase Inclusion? Understanding and tracking both racial and income segregation over time at the city level is a first step toward driving policy solutions to dismantle an unjust past and present.Federal Disaster Policy Reforms—Including Flood Insurance Treatment—Should Center Racial and Economic Equity Stakeholders in the disaster field can prevent low-income people and residents of color from slipping through the cracks during recovery efforts.Disinvestment in Baltimore’s Black Neighborhoods Is Foreboding but Reversible New research finds that Baltimore’s disparities in neighborhood investment are alarming, and capital investments flow unevenly across the city.Four Ways to Improve Water Access in Navajo Nation during COVID-19 Today, more than one-third of the Navajo Nation's population lacks access to running water or indoor plumbing facilities.With Increasing Climate Disasters, Who Receives Assistance Matters As disasters become more frequent, how can we help the most vulnerable households?Finding Solutions to Support Child Care during COVID-19 The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the supply of child care, both in centers and in home-based settings.