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Find the latest stories, research, and insights on policies, programs, and ideas shaping the national conversation on poverty and economic mobility.

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Economic Opportunity
Education
Health
Juvenile Justice
2019
August 20, 2019

Spotlight Exclusive Interviews on Fulfilling the Promise of Adolescence

Commentaries
Education
2020
October 28, 2020

Facts Matter; They Have Never Mattered More

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Economic Opportunity
Food
Health
Jobs
2019
June 14, 2019

Release of 2018 Opportunity Index Highlights Need for Action to Diminish Inequity

The 2018 Opportunity Index, released Thursday at an event hosted by the Forum for Youth Investment, found that the nation’s overall Opportunity Score has improved 1.2 percent since 2017, and 27 states and the District of Columbia scored above the national Opportunity Score.

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Cities
Families
Immigration
Politics
2019
April 1, 2019

Plans and Partners for the 2020 Census

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Environment
Families
Health
Housing
2016
July 15, 2016

Spotlight Webcast: Jacqueline Pata, Executive Director, The National Congress of American Indians

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Families
Higher Education
Housing
Juvenile Justice
2016
November 15, 2016

Spotlight Webcast -- Rev. Vivian Nixon on Incarceration, Women, and Families

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Higher Education
Juvenile Justice
K-12
Politics
Prison Reform
2016
November 28, 2016

Spotlight Webcast -- Wayne Taliaferro on Racial Inequities in Incarceration

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Families
Higher Education
Housing
Immigration
2016
December 5, 2016

Spotlight Webcast -- Nicholas Turner on Mass Incarceration and Poverty

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Aging
Asset Building
Child and Youth Well-Being
Cities
Digital Divide
Maine
2017
January 10, 2017

Spotlight Webcast -- Garrett Martin on Minimum Wage, EITC, and more

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Aging
Asset Building
Child and Youth Well-Being
Cities
Digital Divide
West Virginia
2017
January 10, 2017

Spotlight Webcast -- Seth DiStefano on the EITC in West Virginia

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Aging
Asset Building
Child and Youth Well-Being
Cities
Families
2018
November 3, 2018

Spotlight Exclusive Interviews with Anna Wadia, Ellen Bravo on Paid Family Leave

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Asset Building
Child and Youth Well-Being
Families
Health
Housing
Georgia
2018
January 9, 2018

Spotlight Exclusive Interview: Taifa Butler & Jennifer Owens, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute