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The census is fundamental to many policy decisions at local, state, and federal levels and requires complete data collection.
A historic boost to child care funding means states can start to realize the potential of the Child Care and Development Block Grant The bipartisan budget agreement passed last week includes a historic funding increase for the largest federal child care assistance program.Misleading data and visualizations The questions we ask when we examine data visualizations can be crucial to how we understand complicated issues.To increase employment among housing-assisted families, don’t pull the rug out from under them The administration’s budget for fiscal year 2019 proposes to permit work requirements and raise rents in federal public housing.A closer look at the fifteen-year drop in black homeownership Since 2001, the black homeownership rate has seen the most dramatic drop of any racial or ethnic group.Building the evidence base on targeted and universal preschool with public opinion Policymakers have been pushing for universal preschool based in part on their understanding of public opinion.Say African American or Black, but first acknowledge the persistence of structural racism Black History Month is an opportunity to confront racism and structural disadvantages faced by black people in the United States.
