Concentrated poverty did not happen naturally but was created out of policy choices — such as state-supported discriminatory housing markets, poorly executed public housing projects, interstate and highway projects made possible through eminent domain laws, and a lack of investment in public services — that have reinforced barriers.
The General Assembly legislative session begins on May 16, the same day teachers plan a day of action to highlight the unmet needs their students face in the classroom and their communities. While the evidence is quite clear that supporting children’s educational success can generate lifelong benefits for families and the broader economy, the NC General Assembly has consistently prioritized tax cuts for wealthy taxpayers and profitable corporations instead.
This BTC Brief provides an overview on why funding matters for educational attainment and particularly for English learners, a review of the funding formula and what it means for school districts—urban and rural and provides some recommendations for aligning the state’s funding formula with the goal of supporting each child’s educational success.
This BTC Brief provides an overview of the counties that have been certified as disaster-affected by FEMA within the broader context of earlier storms and broader economic conditions. It then reviews past policy and funding choices by legislators in the wake of storms and lessons learned to identify ways forward to address Hurricane Florence and rebuild toward resiliency.
This BTC Brief provides an overview of the proposed change to the public charge rule, evidence of the harm to well-being, and estimates of the reach of the chilling effect in our state.
North Carolinians who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own stand less chance of collecting unemployment insurance or—if they do—replacing prior wages than before changes were made to the system in 2013.
In North Carolina, people in nearly 590,000 households do not have enough food to eat each day. North Carolina has the 10th highest rate of food insecurity in the nation.
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