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Asset Building
COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Childcare
Economic Opportunity
2022
December 21, 2022

The Top Poverty and Opportunity Stories of 2022

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Childcare
Economic Opportunity
Job Quality
Pathways to Employment
Mississippi
2022
December 14, 2022

Connecting Childcare With Employment Equity for Single Moms

Commentaries
Asset Building
Economic Opportunity
Entrepreneurs
Jobs
Place-Based
Mississippi
2022
November 30, 2022

Helping Black Entrepreneurs Believe in Themselves

Commentaries
Cities
Families
Pathways to Employment
Poverty Measurement
Transportation
2022
October 12, 2022

New Index Measures Transportation Insecurity

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Digital Divide
Equity
Families
K-12
2022
November 22, 2022

A Moment of Promise For The Community Schools Movement

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Digital Divide
Disability
Economic Opportunity
Families
2022
November 10, 2022

Ballot Initiatives Result in Medicaid Expansion, Minimum Wage Hikes

Commentaries
Asset Building
Child and Youth Well-Being
Cities
Discrimination
Economic Opportunity
Mississippi
2022
November 9, 2022

Lifting Up The Voices of Marginalized Communities in Mississippi

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Digital Divide
Disability
Economic Opportunity
Families
2022
November 2, 2022

A Guide to Midterm Ballot Measures and Initiatives in 37 States

Commentaries
Child and Youth Well-Being
Education
Mental health
2022
September 28, 2022

Inseparable Looks to States as Laboratories for Mental Health Progress

Commentaries
Asset Building
Child and Youth Well-Being
Economic Opportunity
Families
Pathways to Employment
2022
June 8, 2022

How a Working Family Credit Could Support Work and Marriage to Reduce Poverty

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Child and Youth Well-Being
Families
Higher Education
K-12
Pathways to Employment
2022
September 28, 2022

Generation Hope: “Higher Together: The Impact of College Degree for Young Parents”

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COVID
Child and Youth Well-Being
Families
Poverty Measurement
2022
September 13, 2022

New Census Numbers Show Child Poverty Down Dramatically in 2021