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What the "fiscal cliff" and compromises will mean for children, youth and families.
The President's budget shows big wins for pre-k, workforce development and opportunity youth, but isn't perfect.
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Last week's jobs report made headlines, but here's an under-reported take-away: young Americans remain unemployed at rates above the national average.
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The sequester will have a real and potentially long-lasting impact on programs and on children and youth. Here's what we can do about it.
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From the National Women's Law Center, an update on how early care and learning is making its way around the budget, the media and advocates.
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How do families working low-wage jobs make it? Information and tools to help advocates safeguard the programs that work.
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Five solutions from the Center of American Progress on how to lift families out of poverty in 2013.