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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.

Type

State

Issue

Commentaries
Cities
Economic Opportunity
Families
Higher Education
Job Quality
2024
September 18, 2024

Evidence Can Restore and Transform the Nonprofit Sector

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Childcare
Education
Environment
Equity
2024
July 10, 2024

What Will It Take For America to Finally Put Kids First?

Commentaries
Cities
Digital Divide
Economic Opportunity
Entrepreneurs
Families
District of Columbia
2024
August 14, 2024

D.C. Journalists Launch Worker-Led Site to Help Close Local News Gap

Commentaries
Asset Building
Economic Opportunity
Entrepreneurs
Higher Education
Job Quality
2024
September 11, 2024

Strategies to Help Young Workers Succeed and Advance in the Labor Market

Commentaries
Aging
Hunger
Nutrition
Public Benefits
2024
September 4, 2024

Nine Million Older Adults Are Missing Benefits They Are Eligible For

Commentaries
COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Childcare
Discrimination
Economic Opportunity
2024
August 20, 2024

How Women Became America's Safety Net

Commentaries
Asset Building
Economic Opportunity
Job Quality
Public Benefits
Women
2024
July 31, 2024

New Project Looks to Build Consensus on State of American Worker

Commentaries
COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Childcare
Families
Pathways to Employment
District of Columbia
2024
July 2, 2024

D.C. Equity Fund Boosts Early Childhood Educators, Study Finds

Commentaries
Asset Building
Economic Opportunity
Job Quality
Pathways to Employment
2024
June 26, 2024

Employment Programs Work—Why Aren’t They Getting to More People?

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Families
Health
Health disparities
2024
June 20, 2024

'Bridge' Program Offering COVID Vaccine to Uninsured Adults Set to Shutter

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Childcare
Cities
Families
Pathways to Employment
Michigan
2024
June 12, 2024

Michigan Looks to Public-Private Partnerships to Boost Child Care Access

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Cities
Families
K-12
Public Benefits
2024
June 5, 2024

GAO Report Recommends Changes in Head Start Funding Formula