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Tapping data to tackle food insecurity’s root causes
In 2017, an estimated 40 million Americans—including 12.5 million children—struggled with food insecurity. What’s happening where you live? Dive into the data and explore strategies tailored to counties like yours.
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There’s more than one way to achieve full health insurance coverage
A range of health reform strategies could fulfill the goal of universal health insurance coverage. What are the trade-offs for affordability, health care costs, and federal spending?
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Mapping Baltimore’s opportunity divide
Investment across Baltimore is fragmented by race, income, and geography. What can we learn from examining the city’s uneven geography of poverty and opportunity?
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What does “spatial mismatch” look like in 16 cities?
In many cities, low-income residents live far from available jobs, and employers can’t find people to fill open positions. This spatial mismatch can cause high unemployment rates and lead to longer spells of joblessness.
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2020 Census: Projecting the miscount risks
The 2020 Census faces unprecedented challenges and threats to its accuracy: demographic changes, underfunding, undertested process changes, and debates about the inclusion of a citizenship question. Who’s at risk of being miscounted in your state?
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How Denver is breaking the homelessness-jail cycle
The Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond aims to support residents struggling with homelessness, substance use, and mental health problems by increasing the number of people getting and staying in housing and reducing the number of days spent in jail. So far, the results are promising.
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