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Type

State

Issue

Commentaries
COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Digital Divide
Economic Opportunity
Education
2022
April 27, 2022

Southern Leaders Must Level Up Equity with American Rescue Plan Funds

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Cities
Families
Gender
Health
New York
2022
March 23, 2022

The Bridge Project Gives Moms 'A Little Space to Breathe'

Commentaries
Gender
Higher Education
Pathways to Employment
Racial Equity
Pennsylvania
2022
March 16, 2022

Black Fathers Attending College Need More Support

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Asset Building
Child and Youth Well-Being
Economic Opportunity
Families
Job Quality
2022
March 2, 2022

Biden Calls for Paid Family Leave, Affordable Child Care in SOTU Speech

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Economic Opportunity
Education
Families
Pathways to Employment
2022
January 12, 2022

Solutions to Ease Access for Parents to Job Training

Commentaries
Asset Building
Cities
Economic Opportunity
Justice System
Pathways to Employment
Florida
2022
March 2, 2022

Florida Guaranteed Income Pilot Focuses on Formerly Incarcerated

Commentaries
COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Economic Opportunity
Families
Gender
Mississippi
2022
February 16, 2022

Giving Black Women in Mississippi the Power to Create Change

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COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Education
Families
Tax and Budget
2022
February 9, 2022

AEI/Brookings Working Group Calls For New Emphasis on Investments in Children

Commentaries
COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Economic Opportunity
Education
Families
2022
February 2, 2022

A Bipartisan Path to Extending the Expanded Child Tax Credit

Commentaries
Gender
Hunger
LGBT
2022
January 26, 2022

New Data Shows More Than 25% of Transgender Adults Are Food Insecure

Commentaries
Digital Divide
Education
Place-Based
2022
January 19, 2022

Libraries look to social workers to meet new patron needs

Commentaries
COVID
Cities
Economic Opportunity
Job Quality
Washington
2021
December 1, 2021

Shift Scheduling Laws Can Boost Worker Well Being