Excited to be working on this project and a great group of steering committee members, experts from their work and experience. More info on the project on website: urban.org/projects/break
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The new Just Home project is supporting work in 4 sites (Charleston County, SC; Minnehaha County, SD; City and County of San Francisco, CA; and Tulsa County, OK) to break the jail-homelessness cycle.
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🏘 The new Just Home Project brings together ’s expertise in housing, ’s expertise in impact investing, and lessons from ’s work to reduce jail populations. #RethinkJails
Learn more: safetyandjusticechallenge.org/about/press-ro
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🏘 We’re proud to announce the Just Home Project, a national program designed to advance community-driven efforts to break the link between housing instability and jail incarceration. #RethinkJails
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. in : "Foundations have used debt before to fund capital projects... but this is the first time that debt has been used explicitly to expand grantmaking."
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"Apprenticeship has allowed me to stay close to home, get my education, & come out of high school with 4 to 6 years of job experience [coming out of college] that I wouldn’t have had an opportunity to without this program."
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Hugely respect Americans for exercising their right and duty to vote.
But these people are not six feet apart. Many are not wearing masks. Wisconsin officials, how are you allowing this to happen?
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Polls open in minutes. Here’s a look at the line in Waukesha, the city’s only polling location
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Today, the How Housing Matters website is dropping the "how" and putting the emphasis on "matters"—because there’s no question that it does. Learn about our new initiative & the journey we took to get here: urbn.is/2JtlVgA
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routefifty.com/health-human-s Another great article about the success of Denver's Supportive Housing program and Urban's role in supporting the design and evaluation of the SIB program. This is an important case study and a promising example for other cities. Time to scale!
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Incredible podcast episode from showing how Denver is bringing together service providers, city officials, & others to focus on a single goal: getting people who are chronically homeless into housing and off the streets for good! urbn.is/2FjzoVc
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Addressing the social determinants of health requires working across sectors, but it can be unclear how to do so. highlights ways that braiding & blending funds can support multi-sector health improvement initiatives #sdoh tinyurl.com/yan398hl
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WATCH: In her testimony before the Subcommittee on #Housing and Insurance yesterday, argued for evidence-based policies that address exclusionary zoning and expand public investment in affordable housing youtube.com/watch?v=xMpPN6
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Honored to be supporting on the Hill today, giving testimony on the importance of federal rental assistance and regulatory reforms to increase #affordablehousing #policymatters
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EXCLUSIVE ⛳️ Open Championship interviews with , an emotional , , and more!! 🏌🏻⛳️
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Great conversation with about how cities can better include *everyone* in their economic development plans. I am totally not just saying that because she is my boss, either. Listen here! urban.org/criticalvalue #PodcastFriday via
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"Investments in Education might be the most central factor to closing the gap between the most and least inclusive cities" urban.org/criticalvalue
Incredibly important finding from new study on inclusive cities from #criticalvalue
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GREAT ideas on reducing poverty & strengthening basic living standards in new . A few:
- Universal child allowance
- Fed job guarantee via & co
- Subsidized jobs prog via & co
- $12 #MinimumWage
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Great day at the Aspen institute discussing #EdEquity celebrating 1 year since state commitments and the "States Leading For Equity" action plan
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🆕Cedefop report! Insights into #skill #shortages and skill #mismatch
Learning from Cedefop’s #ESJsurvey cedefop.europa.eu/en/publication
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. - in public life and policy making we don’t see quotas for people on low incomes or from working class backgrounds. Means their voice is lost when it comes to policy making #talkingaboutpoverty
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2 options only:
1. We tolerate mass unemployment and bear its outsized real costs;
2. We devise a long-run program to hire the unemployed directly.
Both are countercyclical and anti-inflationary.
The 1st is economic vandalism.
The 2nd is humane & macroeconomically sound.
#FJG
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That specter hanging over the U.S. is a giant question mark about our future. No matter where you may sit globally or politically you can't help but see it. We discuss its origins and implications on the latest #DeepStateRadio w/ &
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Next time someone says, “we can’t ignore the deficit because the bond vigilantes will eventually shut you down,” send them 👇🏻
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Struggling to fund education, Ohio lost $225.6 million in tax revenue last year, thanks to corporate subsidies. #GASB77 obm.ohio.gov/StateAccountin
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Ohio has a predatory climate for student borrowers. We need smart policies to rein in unscrupulous loan servicers and debt collectors #StudentDebt Learn more in our new report: policymattersohio.org/research-polic
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Tackling issues of #youthunemployment, ensuring quality training experiences, and promoting successful transitions into work. #YouthGuarantee #InternsDay
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Inspiring discussion on the future of cooperation on climate change between state and non-state actors
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit upholds expanded injunction against Muslim Ban 2.0. Refugees protected. Rejects US government appeal entirely.
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European lawmakers from joined legal director for fascinating discussion on #HumanRights & legal protection
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The future depends on what we do today. #qoute
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And whoever wins today deserves it.I don't wanna hear that it's "not a us open"narrative bc of the scores.the players just showed up to play
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The winners and losers of Britain’s “first-past-the-post” electoral system econ.st/2qYoDj5
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Realistic positivity is such a substantial advantage
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