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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.
How Can We Overcome Inequities in Who Owns Small Businesses? Chicago’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund creates and grows entrepreneurs in underserved commercial corridors.Detroit Shows How Placemaking Can Undo Neighborhood Segregation Placemaking can encourage investments in communities through targeted economic development.What Teachers Should Know about Students with Incarcerated Family Members Research shows that having an incarcerated parent worsens children’s outcomes.Expanding Child Care Subsidies Could Serve Two Million Additional Children Our current child care system leaves many families unable to find or pay for high-quality child care.Evicting Mixed-Status Families Won’t Make Housing Assistance Waiting Lists Disappear In May, HUD proposed making families with mixed immigration status ineligible for public housing or housing choice vouchers.Can We Deregulate Ourselves out of the Affordable Housing Crisis? President Trump recently signed an executive order seeking to identify the effects of restrictive zoning laws.