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OVERVIEW Child care is a critical support for working families that allows parents to pursue opportunities for employment and economic mobility. 1,2 Child care’s vital role in the lives of families and in the overall economy is reflected in federal and state programs such as the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) that aim to improve low-income families’ access to care options that support parents’ work efforts. 3 A key premise of these programs is that families should have access...

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By Jordan Lewis, POPSUGAR, February 1, 2021 Hollywood is full of movies about slavery, segregation, and the Black struggle , and while these films can serve as important educational tools — especially during Black History Month — it is important to step back and remember that films about trauma are not the be-all and end-all of Black entertainment. Black people deserve happy-go-lucky romances , cultural explorations, and cheesy coming-of-age movies, too! So, if you're looking for a way to...

By Jaclyn Paiser, The Washington Post, February 2, 2021 As rioters threatened to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, a staffer rushed into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office and told her to hide. Soon after she ran into a bathroom, she heard a thunderous banging noise outside. “Where is she? Where is she?” someone yelled, Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in an Instagram Live chat on Monday night. “And this was the moment where I thought everything was over.” The person thumping on the doors turned...

By Rebecca Honig, Director of Content & Curriculum This weekend I had an opportunity to listen in to a mixed age conversation about dreams. It was a group of PreK-2nd graders. Under normal circumstances they’d be meeting in person to do projects, play together, learn together. This year, like so many things, they come together over Zoom. Two weekends ago they had gathered to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service. This weekend, to build on what...

I am just a child, why is everyone so critical? I’m being treated like a criminal. Can anybody hear me? Is anybody listening? Please explain to me what is happening. No one is interested; I’m all on my own I still have questions, but now I’m grown I’m being held responsible for what I was taught. I’m just trying to survive, but that’s not what they thought The stigma and stereotype kept me in my place. To society, I was a disgrace Is there any hope for me? What will I become? I’m such a bad...

How do we build resilience? People helping people! This monograph contains presents a grass roots tax reform model targeting local child and elder care, social support, health support, social and health care reform, development, and sustainability that may result in healthier communities, greater employment, and education opportunities. Additionally, the presented plan also forms one basis for disaster (eg, pandemic) preparedness. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VLYDQN1

By Jackie Abramian, Forbes, January 14, 2021 When last April the UN Secretary General called for a global ceasefire on a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” linked to the pandemic lockdowns, the European Parliament called on its members to increase support for domestic violence victims. The United Nations observed a 25-35 percent rise in the already staggering numbers of domestic abuse cases, and the UN Women report showed helpline calls “increased five-fold” in some countries due...

By Shawn Hubler, The New York Times, January 30, 2021 The coronavirus test center on A Street was bustling on a recent morning. Michael Duey was in line, as usual, with his teenage son. Margery Hayes waited for her wife in the parking lot. Dr. Elizabeth Pham hustled her children in for a quick pit stop. Inside, each received a five-minute screening for the virus, administered and paid for by the University of California, Davis. Yet none of them is associated with the school. All last fall,...

By Elizabeth Chou, Los Angeles Daily News, February 1, 2021 The first a series of villages made up of “tiny homes” officially opened its doors at a North Hollywood park Monday, Feb. 2, welcoming its first people who were coming in from experiencing homelessness along nearby streets. The village sits along Chandler Boulevard, in a half-acre plot the north end of North Hollywood Recreation Center, and has room for up to 75 people. At the site, which had once been proposed for a charter school,...

By Danilo Trisi and Matt Saenz, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 28, 2021 Our success as a nation depends on whether all people, regardless of race or ethnicity, have the opportunity to thrive. Economic security programs such as Social Security, food assistance, tax credits, and housing assistance can help provide opportunity by ameliorating short-term poverty and hardship and, by doing so, improving children’s long-term outcomes. Over the last half-century, these assistance...

By Abby Ellin, The New York Times, January 26, 2021 Dr. Michelle Thompson knows a lot about self-care. A family medicine physician in Vienna, Ohio, she specializes in lifestyle and integrative care, using both conventional and alternative therapies to help her patients heal. She also teaches medical personnel how to prevent and treat burnout. But despite what she recommends to others, taking care of her own emotional well-being hasn’t been easy during the pandemic. When the pandemic hit in...