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Landlords limit voucher holders’ choice in where they can live A new Urban Institute report finds that many landlords routinely reject voucher holders before meeting them.Work patterns over time—not in a single month—show how working adults use SNAP The White House Council of Economic Advisers analyzed a single month of data to argue for additional work requirements for SNAP participants.Child care support is critical for advancing job training and workforce development A new survey shows how local workforce development boards are aiming to help low-income parents.Disaster aid eligibility processes risk cutting out low-income households in need When damage falls below an eligibility threshold, households can be left behind by disaster recovery efforts.LeBron James’s I Promise School puts a public face to the evidence-based approach of whole-family intervention The school is a bold, public experiment in whole-family community intervention, and it is rooted in strong evidence and a proven model.