Caroline George

@CarolineRGeorge

Research Assistant | Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Alum | '19 | she/her Views my own

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  1. Dec 13

    Inflation has erased at least half of the average wage gains for frontline workers, , & find in a new brief.

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    Nov 10

    The infrastructure bill’s breadth is considerable. Entirely new programs have been authorized to address essential gaps in our nation’s current infrastructure funding, like resilience, note , , & Andrew Bourne.

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    Oct 1

    Can we use participatory mapping to improve food access? "People have resilient food access strategies ... and by measuring and acknowledging them, we can figure out how to better support them through policy” —

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  4. Sep 28

    Population gains in many rural areas were driven solely by increases in Latino residents—many of whom immigrated to work in meatpacking plants, farms, or industries like construction and timber, or to start businesses, & say.

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    Aug 30

    Some very good news: In the 6 weeks after the federal government began issuing monthly payments of the expanded , the number of adults living with kids reporting that they didn’t have enough to eat fell by 3.3 million or nearly one-third.

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  6. Aug 15

    But, it's heartbreaking that just $36 per person is the largest permanent increase to SNAP. At the end of the day, we know the solution to food insecurity: give people the $ they need to buy the food they want, how they want. Short of that, a formula isn't a solution. (3/3)

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  7. Aug 15

    Notably, the new plan assumes 'convenience foods' like canned beans that don't need to be soaked. That's a huge mindset change. Time is money, and our country doesn't have a good history of valuing the time of those facing poverty. (2/3)

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  8. Aug 15

    The Thrifty Food Plan was long overdue for change, and this is an essential step to modernize our country's approach to nutritional policy. (1/3)

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    Aug 11

    Welcome news today from the new & improved Household Pulse survey. Food hardship way down from a month ago. Hunger for R's with kids at its lowest estimate since the start of the pandemic! Huge 3.5 ppt drop. First data since CTC payments started.

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    Aug 9

    Check out these happenings, right here in Massachusetts, working to strengthen our regional foodways.

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  11. Jul 26

    Recent UI breakdowns were rooted in decades of declining funding in labor market programs, including cuts to the tech, staff capacity, and data infrastructure that support them. Read more in this new report by & Janie McDermott.

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    Jul 19

    My latest with : We have a simple but transformative opportunity to rewrite a system of land ownership that has been systematically failing too many people and places for far too long by supporting community-led efforts to own property.

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    Jul 17

    July Amber Waves—Online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Purchasing Grew Substantially in 2020. Learn more: .

    Monthly online SNAP and P-EBT benefit redemptions grew as the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot expanded to almost all states in 2020.
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    Jun 28

    . asks , "HBCUs currently are only 3% of college students, but they produce 20% of Black college graduates, when we think about making tuition free college, how does that change the economic opportunity for HCBU students?"

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    May 21

    Our first report in the State of Working America 2020 series showed that over 80% of the 9.6 million net jobs lost in 2020 were held by the lowest 25% of wage earners. Meanwhile, the highest-wage workers gained nearly a million jobs.

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  16. May 11

    An important nuance is missing from CCC 2.0 policy debate: how difficult it is to distinguish between Civilian Conservation Corps circa 1933 and Abercrombie&Fitch circa 2010. Let's make sure climate workforce opportunity is equitably accessible & projects center climate justice.

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    Apr 28

    Summer Pandemic EBT becomes permanent Summer EBT in the American Families plan. 🎤

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  18. Apr 23

    .’ infrastructure plan created a lot of buzz, & Tara Pelton say. But one piece getting less attention is environmentally and economically significant: $213 billion to retrofit more than two million affordable and sustainable places to live.

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    Apr 15

    RAND's Debra Knopman notes parts of the Biden plan that rise to the moment: Modernizing the grid, and support of EVs; addressing need for resiliency; needs of rural and underserved communities, such as drinking water and broadband.

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    Apr 15

    Where else are you going to get Debra Knopman + ? Talking infrastructure? And it's free? It's too good. Join us @ 2PM EST today!

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