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Tax Cuts for Low-Income Families?



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Immigrant Students: Overlooked & Underserved

Welfare to Workforce in 20 Metro Areas

Snapshots of America's Families II

Helping At-Risk Teens: Programs That Work


The Decline in Crime Forum

Research Initiative on Nonprofit Advocacy


National Survey of America's Families

Check Charity Finances


    Speaking Out...
"We have a critical mass of Latinos [in Washington, D.C. legally]," says Carlos Manjarrez. "That makes this a site for people [in other countries] to come to, to rejoin their families, to find the same kind of work their brother found a few years earlier." Washington Post, March 27, 2001.

More comments on major public issues...



CityScape
WAMU American Cities in the 21st Century

Elaine Morley and Mary Kopczynski discuss Grading Government on WAMU's Public Interest hosted by Kojo Nnamdi.

Transcript
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Updating America's Social Contract
Rudolph Penner Interview with Urban Institute senior fellow, Rudolph Penner

Highlights from the seminar.

At-Risk Teens
Helping At-Risk Teens: Programs That Work

Press Release

Focus on At-Risk Teens

Helping The Working Poor
Reports:

Playing by the Rules But Losing The Game

Career Advancement Prospects for Low-Wage Minority Workers

More on Helping The Working Poor


FOCUS on...
  • At-Risk Teens
  • Crime in America
  • Medicare
  • Social Security
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Welfare Reform
  • The Working Poor

  • Privatizing Social Security
    Privatization
    A primer
    Options for Administering Individual Accounts in Social Security
    Retooling Social Security
    Social Security Principles and Rationales
  • More on Social Security

    Eugene Steuerle
    Straight Talk on Social Security
    By Eugene Steuerle


  • Child Care in America
    Variations Across States
    Reports:

    Child Care Expenses of America's Families

    Child Care Patterns of School-Age Children with Employed Mothers

    Child Care Arrangements for Children under Five

    Hours Children under Five Spend in Child Care

    Number of Child Care Arrangements for Children under Five

    Who's Caring for Our Youngest Children? Child Care Patterns of Infants and Toddlers

    ANF State Child Care Profiles

    Release | Check Points | Forum


    SELECTED RECENT REPORTS
    Homeownership and Housing Finance Policy in the Former Soviet Bloc
    Costly Populism
    Full Report

    Are America's Families Better Off Today Than in 1997?
    New Data from 1999 NSAF Offer a First Look

    Regional Economic Development in Eastern Europe
    An Example from Poland
    PDF Version

    COPS Program Evaluation
    Urban Institute Looks at Program to Promote Neighborhood Policing
    Press Release | Briefing Transcript | Summary | Full Report

    Section 8 Mobility and Neighborhood Health
    Emerging Issues and Policy Challenges
    Press Release
    Children at Risk
    Boosting Enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Progam
    Press Release | Facts At a Glance

    Mortgage Lending Discrimination
    A Review of Existing Evidence
    All under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform
    How policies aimed at noncitizens affect citizen children.
    Press Release | Fast Facts

    A National Report Card on Discrimination in America
    The Role of Testing.
    Press Release | Publications on Discrimination

    Report on America's Homeless
    Millions still face homelessness in a booming economy.
    Press Release | Audio News Release | Summary of Findings | Interview with Martha Burt

    More...
      EVENTS
      Violence in the District: A Snapshot
      March 8, 2001
      Federal Education Policy: Room for A Deal?
      March 6, 2001
      12th Annual Roundtable on the President's Budget and the Economy
      March 6, 2001
      Tailoring Tax Cuts: How Big and Who Gets Them?
      February 6, 2001
      Medicare Beneficiary Costs: A Crucial Reform Challenge
      January 2, 2001
      Prisoner Reentry: Who's Coming Home?
      December 5, 2000
      Election Day 2000: What Impact on the District?
      November 7, 2000
      Beyond School-Based Sex Education: Promoting Responsible Behavior
      October 2, 2000
      Taking Risks and Playing it Safe: A New Portrait of Teens Today
      June 6, 2000
      Housing Vouchers: How Well Do They Work?
      May 2, 2000
      FIRST TUESDAYS' FORUM

      March 6, 2001
      Federal Education Policy: Room for a Deal?


      SELECTED COMMENTARY
      Washington Post
      D.C. General Is History. Let's Focus on Its Replacement
      By Randall R. Bovbjerg and Barbara A. Ormond
      NY Daily News
      Cops Cut Crime, Now They Must Build Trust
      By Jeremy Travis
      Christian Science Monitor
      The 'Undeserving Poor' Deserve More Help
      By Stephen H. Bell
      New York Times
      Stop Them Before They Overspend Again
      By Robert D. Reischauer
      Washington Times
      Grading the D.C. Scorecard
      By Elaine Morley and Mary Kopczynski
      Christian Science Monitor
      Tommy Thompson's Golden Opportunity
      By Demetra Smith Nightingale
      Washington Post
      Bye-Bye, Surplus
      By Robert D. Reischauer
      San Francisco Chronicle
      Where Is Welfare Reform Heading?
      By Alan Weil
      BridgeNews
      Working To Make Retirement Plans Better For The Poor
      By Pamela Perun
      Washington Post
      A Certifiable Drug Policy...
      By Peter Reuter
      Chicago Tribune
      Will CHA's New Plan Help Residents?
      By Susan Popkin
      New York Post
      Policing Police Misconduct
      By Jeremy Travis
      Health Affairs
      Why Does the Number of Uninsured Americans Continue to Grow?
      By John Holahan and Johnny Kim
      The Milken Institute Review
      Money, Money Everywhere
      By Rudolph Penner
      Real AudioNational Public Radio: Morning Edition
      Two Retirement Plans
      With C. Eugene Steuerle
      New York Times
      The Phantom Surplus
      By Robert D. Reischauer

      More...

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