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Call for Submissions: “The Kids Are Online”

We’re building a new platform to share real-life examples of how to improve access to technology and the internet – and the skills to use them – for young people in America. The goal is to help communities find approaches that fit their needs to then adapt for themselves. Do you have a story of how a community has tackled the digital divide among young people in America? Share it now.

BY Aspen Digital

Blog Post

04.13.2023
Urban Innovation

Who Gets to Learn from Failure?

This program explores the topics of public entrepreneurship, equity, and failure within the public sector. Who is given the benefit of the doubt and gets to learn from failure, and who does not?

Event

03.17.2021
Urban Innovation

Procurement & Equity

NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - Local governments are big buyers. But for too long, how and with whom our local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities in our country.

BY Urban Innovation & 1 more

Video

11.19.2020
Urban Innovation

We Failed, What's Next?

Imagine if, with the coronavirus tearing through our country and demands for racial justice ringing in our ears, we could not use the word “failure.” How could we ever begin to fix what is broken if we couldn’t be honest about the brokenness in the first place?

BY Center for Urban Innovation & 1 more

Blog Post

08.04.2020
Family Finances

Fines, Fees, and Financial Security in the US South

For many individuals and households, a $200 traffic ticket can devastate savings and finances. The Federal Reserve’s Report on the Economic Well-Being of ...

BY Financial Security Program

Blog Post

01.13.2020
Family Finances

Mayor Innovation Project

Aug. 1-3, 2019 Managing Director Joanna Smith-Ramani will join the Mayor Innovation Project's summer meeting to address household financial stability.

BY Financial Security Program

Of Interest

05.30.2019
Family Finances

5 Solutions to Consumer Debt Problems

Americans with student loan debt, past credit problems, or onerous government fees should have fair options.

BY Ida Rademacher

Blog Post

03.11.2019
Urban Innovation

Using Data to Foster Relationships

In the policy world, people talk a lot about data-driven decisions, and data-driven policymaking. We hear less about data-driven relationships. But the experience of two mayors, G.T. Bynum of Tulsa and Catherine Pugh of Baltimore, suggest that data can connect and unite people from across the country and across the political spectrum and across city departments.

BY Maia Jachimowicz & 1 more

Blog Post

03.07.2019
US Government

State Policy Ideas for the 21st Century Economy

This week, 20 states elected new governors who will face the opportunity and challenge of helping prepare their states for the many ways that work is changing. We hope that these policy ideas can serve as a starting point for governors as they build a vision for the future of their states.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne

Blog Post

11.08.2018
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