The AECC aims to enhance early education career pathways for Black and Latina women in Wards 7 and 8 and improve overall quality of early education in DC. It reached 222 participants over two years.
DC has begun implementing innovative child care subsidy policies and practices designed to increase the supply of accessible quality care and facilitate families’ access. This project examines the application and outcomes of DC’s subsidy policies.
Overall, early childhood educators reported ease in applying for and receiving payments from the Pay Equity Fund. They experienced significant stress relief after receiving fund payments, alleviating financial worries and improving emotional well-being.
Senior fellow Erica Greenberg testifies to the importance of the Pay Equity Fund and how it has empowered DC families. Read an earlier testimony of how proposed cuts would be detrimental to DC's child care system.
Join Urban at 1:30 p.m. (ET) on June 17 for a hybrid discussion about how different forms of housing assistance can ensure greater stability for tenants with low incomes and the properties that house them.
Thanks in part to Urban research, DC now has a set of recommended approaches to increase Black homeownership. Learn more about how Urban’s work makes a difference in other cities across the country.
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