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Living wage laws
Establish locally mandated wages that are higher than state or federal minimum wage levels
Trauma-informed approaches to community building
Support and strengthen traumatized and distressed residents and communities and address effects of community trauma (e.g., poverty, violence, structural racism, etc.) via a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder, and multilevel approach
Child tax credit expansion
Expand federal or state child tax credits by increasing credit amounts, making credits refundable, decreasing or eliminating the earnings threshold, or creating a fully refundable supplement
Minimum wage increases
Increase the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly compensation that employers may legally pay to workers
Health & Wealth: Using Data to Address Income Inequality
Poverty and financial insecurity can have profound negative effects on mental and physical health outcomes.
Join our #Salud Tues Twitter Chat on creating opportunity for Latino youth!
Latino children and youth face more poverty and greater gaps in education and health than their White peers,...
What are the Implications for Women’s Health?
Women are far more likely to live in poverty than men – and, as the Rankings have shown us, poverty leads to poorer health outcomes.
Yesterday, Women’s Policy, Inc. hosted a lunch briefing on the County Health Rankings to discuss their implications for women’s health. Women’s Policy, Inc. is a...
Attendance interventions for chronically absent students
Support interventions that provide chronically absent students with resources to improve self-esteem, social skills, etc. and address familial and school-related factors that can contribute to poor attendance