Since the pandemic, many families have decided to leave major urban areas, with DC seeing a large decline. Learn how the DC Council can encourage families to stay through early wealth-building programs and other investments.
Urban researchers recommend that the DC Council maintain the program’s funding to continue supporting parents’ workforce participation, children’s growth and development, and the supply of child care available throughout the city.
Another Urban Institute researcher testified before the DC Council about the benefits of child tax credits amid ongoing debate regarding their place in the District’s budget.
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