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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.
Using cash transfers to expand housing choice What if instead of a voucher, low-income families received a cash transfer, or “housing allowance,” to help pay their rent?Over half of children of immigrants are bilingual Bilingualism is an asset to children of immigrants and should be supported and nurtured.Seven things you should know about childhood poverty Childhood poverty can have lifelong consequences-- and these consequences can even stretch into future generations.We don’t know how many Latinos are affected by the criminal justice system Latinos are a fast-growing portion of both the US population and the correctional population, but we don’t know how many Latinos are in prison, on probation, or arrested.Will the cities of the future work for everyone? By 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities.
