Human Services

Thousands of down payment assistance programs already exist for prospective homebuyers, but programs targeted toward first-generation homebuyers could help households without intergenerational wealth.

Donna Lawson, a former school principal struggling with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, discovered the transformative power of medically tailored groceries—a cornerstone of the emerging Food is Medicine movement, in working with her…

Pursuing a college education without stable housing can have a devastating impact on a student’s chance of earning a degree. Homelessness can happen at any age, including to college students.So how can colleges use a Housing First approach to […]…

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Removing income requirements from the child tax credit led to a dramatic decrease in child poverty. We should apply that lesson to the earned-income tax credit, too.

Indigenous management and conservation of land are critical to protecting the world’s natural environment from increased degradation due to climate change, yet within the continental U.S., the colonization of Indigenous…

Voter suppression and bureaucratic barriers make voting in the United States harder than in most other developed nations, disenfranchising millions of Americans. As a result, higher-income citizens of the United…

Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.

The civil rights movement, from its mid-20th century growth and successes to its current manifestations, has had a dual focus of eliminating political and social discrimination and bettering the economic…

Today, more than 820 million people are hungry, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, and food insecurity remains on the rise. Meanwhile, the climate crisis threatens food supply, biodiversity, and…

A new land change model simulates interactions among urban growth, increased flooding, and how humans adapt in response.

Experts say apprenticeships, support and increased pay are some ways to bring more speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and others into the field.