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While federal policies remain essential for widespread reform, the power of community-led efforts demonstrates that change is possible—one city, state, and coalition at a time.
"I’m tired. I’m tired because as a person with direct experience of poverty working in the policy realm, it’s hard doing this work when you’re still living this work."
One notable co-responder model in Seattle, a mobile response program that does not use law enforcement officers, is providing a blueprint for crisis services.
Young Black girls experience criminalization at every point in their life, as their bodies continue to be the victims of hate and over-policing. However, this is not new.
For decades, insufficient public investments in child care have created a domino effect of economic burdens and instability for families and providers.
As tax time approaches, here are ten things you should know about the expanded EITC for workers without children or whose children do not primarily live with them.
The Build Back Better Act includes a new federal guarantee to paid family and medical leave for all workers that will bolster the economic security of families and strengthen the nation’s overall economy. Here are the top 10 things you need to know about this new federal…
"Someone recently asked me, 'what about philanthropy excites you?' While everything excites me about philanthropy, there are two areas that are particularly inspiring to highlight." Read Akosua Meyer's reflection as we celebrate National Philanthropy Day.
As many as 15 million people could lose Medicaid coverage in 2022 after the Public Health Emergency (PHE) declared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Congress has the opportunity now through the Build Back Better package to decrease the number of…
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