Explainer: Paid Leave Benefits and Funding in the United States
A short primer on state paid family and medical leave programs across 13 states and Washington, DC.
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Shifting Immigration Policies Are Changing Daily Life for Child Care Providers
Changing immigration policies are creating fear and uncertainty for child care providers and the families they serve. Across the country, providers say attendance is dropping and routines are being…
Pay Equity Fund for D.C.’s Early Educators Faces Possible Elimination
Washington, D.C.’s pay equity fund for early educators may be on the chopping block, alarming providers who say the program helped stabilize a workforce long plagued by low wages. Advocates warn cu…
Inside New Mexico’s Universal Child Care
New Mexico’s new universal child care system is already reshaping daily life for families by lowering costs and expanding access. Advocates say the program offers a model for what state-level inves…
Child Care Is Buckling
States Want to Help Families. The Child Tax Credit Might Be Their Answer
States are exploring child tax credits as a way to ease financial pressure on families after the expanded federal credit expired. Supporters say these programs can reduce child poverty and improve …
Framing Brief: Unlocking America’s Small Dollar Housing Supply
FLH explores the barriers that impede access to small-dollar homes in communities across the U.S., and spotlights local innovations to address those barriers.
Preventing Tax Foreclosures is the Best Way Local Governments Can Protect Heirs Property Owners
Heirs property represents an enormous source of wealth for millions of Americans, and particularly Black communities, but it is also an inherently risky form of own…
Cities Need Housing for Families—So Why Not Help Build Them?
Building housing units and creating housing for families are not the same thing.
In the News: The Affordable Housing Hiding in Plain Sight
FLH Director Yuliya Panfil wrote an essay for Bloomberg, outlining an underexplored, high leverage opportunity to boost affordable housing supply.