Urban analysis estimates that reducing environmental hazards in K–12 schools could lead to meaningful gains in students’ lifetime earnings. Learn more in this new article.

#Education #Environment #Research

New analysis highlights key strengths of the Child Care and Development Fund, which helped nearly 1 million families and 1.6 million children access child care in 2023. The study examines the program's impact and how state flexibility shapes families' experiences.

#Childcare #Families #Research

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🧵: Census data help communities identify needs, track change, and target effective policy solutions. They also power Urban tools on affordability, debt, mobility, and financial well-being.

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New Urban #research shows how #DC’s early educator compensation program is helping build a supply of more stable, high-quality #childcare:

🔎 Reduced staff departures and improved staffing stability.
🔎 Year four lessons, challenges, and changes in child care supply.

Hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding pose growing risks to Latino homeowners, who often face greater exposure and barriers to recovery. This Urban report explores the impacts and offers policy solutions to enhance resilience and long-term housing stability.

#Climate #Housing #Communities

New insights from the Student Upward Mobility Initiative explore how existing administrative and behavioral data can be repurposed to identify broad patterns of skill distribution among students.

Explore the latest findings + resources.

#Education #Research #Data

Many young parents are working but still struggling financially. New research examines the challenges they face and why jobs and support systems should better reflect the realities of raising children while building a career.

#Families #Employment #Jobs

How affordable is life in your community?

📈 Urban’s American Affordability Tracker combines the latest data on earnings, household costs, and financial strain, alongside policy recommendations for leaders at all levels.

#Affordability #Data #Policy

Urban Pres. Sarah Rosen Wartell & trustees Alexandra Reeve Givens & Rosie Allen-Herring are working to advance evidence-based policymaking that improves lives + strengthens communities. Learn about Urban's work: https://urbn.is/4hED2g9 and others on Washingtonian’s most powerful women of 2026 list.

People with disabilities are critical voices in addressing the accessible housing shortage. Learn how Local Data grantee Gathering Strength combined lived experience and data to help inform policy and resource decisions.

#Housing #Disability #Communities

The federal Saver’s Match could help low- and moderate-income workers build retirement savings with matching contributions of up to $1,000 per person and $2,000 per qualifying married couple.

Financial educator Yanely Espinal explains how it works.

#Finance #Retirement #SaversMatch

New Urban research based on parent interviews in DC finds that child care is among families' largest expenses across income levels, highlighting the need for continued public investment in affordable care.

Explore the analysis.

#DC #Childcare #Affordability

AI is reshaping mortgage finance, from underwriting to fraud detection. While tools can speed up processes and lower costs, they also raise questions about fairness, accuracy, and consumer protection.

Researchers explore what this means for the future.

#AI #Mortgage #Research

Research shows that rising gas prices continue to strain household budgets, especially for families with low incomes.

Explore data behind this affordability challenge and solutions, including investments in public transit, in the latest Urban Wire article.

#Affordability #Policy #Transit

Student resource navigators connect #students to public benefits, #college resources, and community services, helping reduce success barriers. New analyses explore navigator roles and #policies and practices that strengthen them.

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Recovery after Hurricane Helene looked different for every household. New Urban research draws on survivors' experiences to identify ways people and communities can build resilience to future disasters.

#Disaster #Climate #Communities