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Combining dollar cutoffs with indexing changes fundamentally alters the structure and philosophy that have guided the Social Security program for the past 90 years.
Four Steps for Supporting a Healthy Child Care Workforce DC’s first-in-the-nation HealthCare4ChildCare program provides free and low-cost health insurance for child care workers and can be a model for other states and cities.How BLS Inflation Data Can Affect Families’ Everyday Purchasing Decisions Ensuring federal data and statistical agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics remain open, independent, and objective is essential to economic growth and prosperity.Turning Data Center Revenues into Affordable Homes As data centers see a surge in demand because of generative AI, Henrico County, Virginia, shows how local governments can turn the economic gains of this new industry into sustainable funding for affordable housing.Understanding the Impact of Arts and Culture on Communities through Local Data Assessments of the value of arts and culture that incorporate local knowledge, data creation, and engagement can produce locally relevant insights while offering widely applicable lessons and models for research, practice, and policymaking.Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Helps Kids and Caregivers Early childhood mental health consultation can strengthen the child care workforce and improve children’s outcomes, but greater program expansion and awareness is needed nationwide.Can Cash-Value Life Insurance Help Sustain Families In Need Through Economic Uncertainty? Working together, the private sector can help build resilience for workers and their families by supporting the growth of the cash-value component of life insurance or expanding its flexibility.
