Atlanta Fed
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Why equitable access to quality child care matters to the economy
Affordable, high-quality child care can be difficult for parents to access. Here is what Fed researchers have learned about supply constraints and demand challenges that hinder equitable access to quality child care.
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5 things to know about participatory research
Communities benefit when research is conducted collaboratively with community members rather than to them. Here are five ways this approach, called participatory research, is different from a typical research process and how it benefits communities.
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Community perspectives and conditions from the Fed’s Beige Book, March 2023
Here’s what nonprofit and community leaders, and workforce professionals serving lower-income people, shared with the Federal Reserve for the Beige Book.
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What are workers thinking in 2022?
Businesses tell us they’re having a tough time hiring and retaining workers. Do people not want to work or is something deeper going on? We’re conducting focus groups with workers to find out what’s going on. Here’s what we’ve learned so far.
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[Watch] High-Quality Early Care and Education: Cost, Affordability & Racial Equity
The pandemic highlighted the important role early care and education (ECE) plays in supporting working-age parents. In this webinar, gain insights from research on the cost of providing high-quality ECE, challenges low- and moderate-income families face in paying for it, and the racial and ethnic equity issues at play. Watch on demand.
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Going over the benefits cliff: The catch of higher wages
Landing a better-paying job is the dream of many Americans. But what happens when a higher salary makes it harder to pay the bills?
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Perspectives from Main Street: The impact of COVID-19 on communities and the entities serving them [2021]
The spread of COVID-19 and the many efforts to slow it are impacting communities throughout the nation. To best respond to this crisis, information is needed about the scope and scale of challenges in various communities. This report offers findings of a survey designed to collect information on the effects of COVID-19 on low- to…