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Our NetworkCOVID-19 Response
Coronavirus: Resources for State and Local Policy Advocates and Researchers
The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the health and economic well-being of people and families across the country. As federal, state, and local policymakers work to address the crisis, EARN groups and allied partners are supplying critical policy guidance, analysis, and recommendations.
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CT Publication
Connecticut Voices for Children’s Issue Briefing Book 2020-2022
- July 27, 2020
- Connecticut Voices for Children
- Connecticut Voices for Children
Connecticut Voices for Children released their Issue Briefing Book 2020-2022. Versions of this document have been developed throughout the 25 years of the organization’s history. As the state experiences the convergence of a health crisis, an economic recession due to that crisis, and a contentious and long-overdue conversation on race, the “Book” has been refreshed given […]
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MD
We Must Keep our Promises to the Low-Wage Workers who Keep Maryland Communities Going
- June 11, 2020
- Maryland Center for Economic Policy
- MDCEP Staff
The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on Maryland communities’ deep reliance on the workers who keep families fed, care for aging adults, and maintain sanitary public spaces. Yet these same workers too often take home wages that cannot support a family, let alone compensate for the daily risks their jobs require. As policymakers respond […]
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Black Lives Matter & Anti-Racist Resources
- June 1, 2020
Statement from EARN and EPI All of us at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) are angered and deeply saddened by the police murder of George Floyd, and so many other senseless deaths in the Black community—incidents rooted in a long history of anti-Blackness in our nation. This is a horrible moment for our nation—and a […]