A rent subsidy program pilot that provides local families with $7,200 a year to use whenever they need shows how flexibility is an empowering alternative for many families facing housing instability. Read more about the flexible rent subsidy.
The Greater Washington Community Foundation’s $26 million response to COVID-19 provides insight into how direct cash transfers can be a speedy, equitable support system to populations hit hardest by crises, such as workers excluded from federal pandemic assistance.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, THRIVE East of the River provided no-strings-attached cash transfers, delivered in one payment or monthly installments, to more than 500 households in Ward 8, filling safety net gaps and advancing racial equity.
A study of the supply, distribution, and composition of licensed child care in DC from 2016 to 2019 suggests quality-improvement efforts needn’t disrupt the supply or capacity of available care.
In the face of persistent racial inequities in education, employment, housing, and health, three chief equity officers in the DC region discuss their responsibility to communities, the pandemic’s effect on progress, and what progress looks like.
