By Michelle Harati, Senior Policy Officer

LISC’s Michelle Harati looks at how recent federal investments in broadband affordability will help connect more households and expand access to shared prosperity within historically underserved communities.

By Matt Josephs, Senior Vice President for Policy

Matt Josephs, LISC senior vice president for policy, takes a look at the president’s State of the Union address and what it might mean for efforts to bridge gaps in health, wealth and opportunity throughout the country.

By Michelle Harati

New federal investments in financial coaching would help historically underserved populations recover from the pandemic and at the same time help bridge long-standing gaps in wealth and income. LISC’s Michelle Harati takes a look at three policy efforts that could support scaled up coaching initiatives and long-term, positive impact.

By Laura D’Alessandro

People in America’s low-wage jobs, many of whom are Black and Brown and live in under-resourced communities, were already facing the economic threats posed by automation and a changing labor economy. Then came Covid-19. Laura D’Alessandro, director of LISC’s Financial Health programs, explores how the pandemic and resulting massive job losses have accelerated those shifts, and describes what is being done to support workers—and pave the way to recovery—in the midst of the crisis

by Matt Josephs, LISC Senior VP for Policy

Strong public policies have always been critical to promoting affordable housing, economic development, health and jobs. But the urgency surrounding these issues today is unprecedented. LISC SVP for Policy Matt Josephs zeroes in on the goals of LISC’s federal policy agenda for the coming congressional term in a blog highlighting proposals that tackle gaps in health, wealth and opportunity affecting millions of families and their communities.

By Denise Scott, LISC EVP

Homeowners and small landlords are under mounting pressure, as lost income related to COVID-19 leaves them with month after month of unpaid debt and limited ability to catch up. The loss of wealth could impact the next generation and beyond, especially in communities of color, warns LISC’s Denise Scott. “Just as COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on the health of Black and Brown families, so too is it exacerbating our racial wealth gap, which already saps so much from our national potential.”