In 2017, an estimated 40 million Americans—including 12.5 million children—struggled with food insecurity, meaning they couldn’t access an adequate diet. Dive into your county’s food insecurity data and explore strategies tailored to counties like yours.
Tune in from 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (EST) to explore the connections between financial health and inclusive growth. Conversations will be grounded in the Urban Institute’s evidence-based insights on the financial health of cities’ residents and innovative case examples from communities.
Institutional philanthropy is in a remarkable era of expansion and experimentation. Foundations are becoming more proactive in pursuing policy agendas, transforming the institutional landscape of philanthropy. What can they do to be more effective?
Low-income households and communities suffer disproportionately from disasters but often do not qualify for the federal assistance programs typically activated to support recovery. How can federal disaster aid programs better assist low-income families?
Our new Housing Matters initiative reflects the evolution of our work on the role of housing in people’s lives. The website serves as a go-to resource for information that demonstrates how stable housing contributes to more equitable, inclusive communities.
