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Economic Development

Diversifying Financing for Youth Employment

Event

07.03.2024
Employment and Jobs

Regular Wages Are Too Low

Congress needs to open its eyes to the pandemic of poverty wage work, stop abetting it, and start promoting the kind of work that makes a good life possible.

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

08.17.2020
Family Finances

Extend Enhanced Unemployment Benefits for 32 Million People in Need

Extending UI is Essential to Safeguarding Financial Security and Our Economic Recovery Within a week the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPU ...

BY Tim Shaw & 1 more

Blog Post

07.20.2020
Employment and Jobs

Equity in a Post-COVID Economy

Slides Download PDF: Increasing Equity in a Post-Pandemic Economy Description The pandemic placed the econom ...

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Video

05.19.2020
Employment and Jobs

EOP Newsletter, April 2020

We are in an extraordinary time. Learn how we're working to advance opportunity in an uncertain economy.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Of Interest

04.09.2020
Employment and Jobs

COVID-19 and Unemployment Insurance

Let's talk about unemployment insurance—how it works, who it helps, and how it might help people in need during the COVID-19 crisis.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Video

03.26.2020
Employment and Jobs

Modernizing Unemployment Insurance for the Changing Nature of Work

Policymakers should strengthen the Unemployment Insurance program, so that it is better able to help both traditional and non-traditional workers in the 21st century.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne & 2 more

Publication

01.29.2018
US Economy

Let's Invest in Urban America

Urban America continues to face social and economic crises, bolstered by historical disenfranchisement and institutional racism.

BY William Jawando, & 2 more

Blog Post

09.07.2016
Employment and Jobs

Young adult unemployment needs systemic solutions

Young people today face a tough job market. Many, especially those from poor communities, are struggling to find work. An estimated one in seven young adults in the US is out of school and not working.

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

03.07.2016