HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Access to affordable health and human services, ranging from healthcare and childcare to domestic violence and child welfare services, are key to our wellbeing, but also affect our ability to succeed in school and work and is essential to strengthening families. Our work on health and human services identifies and advances innovative and promising ideas–from the ground level to public policy–for integrated service delivery that serves individuals and families with critical needs.
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RT @GtownLawPovCntr:Our Statement on White Supremacy and Charlottesville: The recent acts of domestic terrorism in Charlottesville... https://t.co/x1mT2NZPzm
RT @IndivarD:My statement w/ @peterbedelman & Rebecca Epstein of @GtownLawPovCntr on #Charlottesville & White Supremacy https://t.co/pFKHZJP9LY
Ending DACA would result in a loss of $460.3B from the national GDP ovr the next decade: https://t.co/CsMyx89fCY #DefendDACA #DefendDREAMers
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Exorbitant housing prices in many cities push commuters to live further and further away from where they work https://t.co/QuPleKqnjg
Building the Caring Economy
Building the country’s caregiving infrastructure would simultaneously address two national needs: the need for care and the equally pressing need for good jobs.
Nina Dastur & Laura Tatum
The Evolving Fight Against Concentrated Poverty
Attacking the many issues that confront people who live in low-income neighborhoods is a longtime challenge. It is vital that we support these and other efforts so we achieve a scale large enough to make a measurable difference in the fight against poverty in America.
Cuomo’s $1.4 Billion Plan Targets Brooklyn in Fight Against Poor Health and Poverty
GCPI Co-Executive Director was interviewed by the New York Time’s Lisa Foderaro regarding Gov. Cuomo’s planned anti-poverty initiatives.
New Partnership on Behavioral Health with Kaiser Permanente & Mental Health America
Announcing a new collaboration between GCPI, Kaiser Permanente, and Mental Health America (MHA). The project will bring together experts from a variety of backgrounds to identify the most innovative and promising cross-sectoral strategies for addressing the behavioral health needs of low-income children, women, and families. Issues will include maternal mental health, the child welfare system, and the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Stay tuned for updates on this project.