Budgeting for Opportunity: Maryland’s Workforce Development Policy Can be a Tool to Remove Barriers and Expand Opportunity
Contents
Introduction and Summary
Workforce Development and its Context
Inequity in Maryland’s Labor Market: High-Level Trends
Uneven Opportunity in Maryland’s read more
The Build Back Better Act Will Do Much to Improve Marylanders’ Lives; It’s Time for the Senate to Finish the Job
Friday’s passage of President Biden’s signature Build Back Better Act in the U.S. Representatives was a major step towards increased read more
Slow September Job Growth; Ending UI Benefits Didn’t Boost Employment
Maryland’s labor market stagnated in September, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our unemployment rate read more
Maryland Renters Still Need Eviction Protection and Assistance
Hundred of thousands of Marylanders are at risk for losing their housing as a national ban on evictions was recently read more
Maryland’s Welcoming Environment For Afghan Refugees Benefits Our Communities
As the last troops withdrew from Kabul Airport, the U.S. ended its two-decade long war in Afghanistan with the Taliban, read more
Strengthening the Minimum Wage Would Benefit 40,000 Howard County Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted Maryland communities’ deep reliance on the workers who keep families fed, care for aging adults, read more
Historic SNAP Update Will Mean Better Nutrition, Less Hardship for Maryland Families
Families across Maryland will have an easier time putting healthy food on the table starting this October, thanks to a read more
Renters Need Ongoing Protection While Housing Assistance is Distributed
Despite ongoing, short-term attempts from federal and state officials to fend off a huge spike in evictions, hundreds of thousands read more
Latest Data Show Robust Supports for Unemployed Marylanders Are Still Critical
There are still nearly 200,000 Marylanders who are out of work and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the read more
Landmark Tax Changes Will Help Hundreds of Thousands of Marylanders Make Ends Meet
Today’s Tax Day – the federal tax filing deadline – comes after a series of expansions of working family tax read more
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