Americans need bold investments—from direct cash payments to boost economic security to funding for improved vaccine distribution and aid to state and local governments that will keep local economies running and preserve public sector jobs. Just as the recession is one of the most unequal, policymakers need to enact sensible, equitable policy that ensures the recovery isn’t just as imbalanced.
The American Rescue Plan Act is unique in that it employs the tax code to deliver relief to those struggling most. The five charts below provide a glimpse of how the plan helps families across the income spectrum and also targets economic relief to low- and moderate-income families in the form of cash payments and expansions to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit.
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October 16, 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On October 15, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded a $10-million grant to CareerSource North Central Florida, in partnership with two other CareerSource Florida regions, to help 600 individuals return to work through a new program, STEM Ready. The award is one of 23 totaling nearly $170 million as part of the H-1B Ready to Work Partnership by the DOL, Employment and Training Administration.
TAMPA, Fla. – The number of homeless students identified in Tampa Bay has nearly doubled over the past decade, according to a new report on the effects of homelessness on students’ education. The report, Homelessness and Education in Florida: Impacts on Children and Youth, is co-authored by the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of Florida and Miami Homes for All.
In 2004, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida celebrated its 40-year anniversary by looking forward to the next 40 years. The community foundation’s board began surveying its donors, stakeholders and community members on the role for the community foundation over the next 40 years.
Responses were clear: The community foundation was called to advance the state of knowledge and practice around public education.
To education funders, conversations with local educational organizations on improving education and monitoring changes to Florida Standards may seem normal, but many districts don’t realize the untapped potential for innovative partnerships.
While recent Census data show modest increases in median household income and average hourly wages—numbers anti-tax politicians and pundits have used to deny rising inequality—a deeper look at some of the latest numbers reveals a decades-long trend of widening economic inequality.
This unprecedented outpour of financial resources filled immediate needs, but the Pulse tragedy created and exposed a sudden and critical burden on Central Florida’s underdeveloped nonprofit infrastructure. Further, the attack targeted LGBTQ+, Latinx, immigrants and other communities of color, all marginalized and underserved communities for which philanthropic support and nonprofit infrastructure had been historically weak in the region.