Four in 10 parents living with a child younger than 6 reported they or their family experienced a loss of employment or work-related income during the first six months of the pandemic. This economic turbulence can make it difficult for families to meet basic needs at a sensitive point in early child development.
Hear from Lukaya Williams of the White Mountain Apache Housing Authority, Joe Cushman and Justine Capra of the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s planning and economic development department, and Nancy Pindus, senior fellow at the Urban Institute.
And coinciding with high rates of food insecurity, the share of Hispanic/Latinx parents and Black parents who report being worried about having enough to eat in the next month is three times higher than the share of white parents (36.9 percent and 29.6 percent, respectively, compared with 9.6 percent).
Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America, talks with Urban Institute data scientist Alena Stern about how government can put real people at the center of policy design to better meet the needs of vulnerable citizens.
WorkRise has awarded more than $2 million in grants for research on accelerating economic mobility and advancing racial and gender equity for workers in the US labor market, particularly those in low-wage jobs and occupations. Here’s what the awardees are working on.
