The federal government is a key regional employer, and changes to this sector could increase unemployment, decrease housing production, reduce revenue generated through personal income taxes, and more.
In the DC metropolitan area, where federal workers make up more than 9 percent of the workforce, a 50 percent reduction in the federal workforce would raise the unemployment rate to more than 7 percent.
The My School DC lottery was the most common entry point into a public school for DC Pre-K3 students, with 49 percent of students enrolling through a match they received in the lottery.
Urban researchers identify two changes that’ve showed early promise in improving access to quality child care: expanding subsidy eligibility and basing reimbursement rates on a cost-estimation model instead of market rates.
Black-white disparities in patient safety in DC appeared to be driven by unequal access to the safest hospitals, as opposed to systematic differences in patient care within hospitals.
The guaranteed income pilot aims to provide greater economic stability and increase upward mobility for its target populations: young people who’ve aged out of foster care and senior adults ages 60 and older.
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