The Daily Rundown — The Latest News Affecting Women & Girls in Our Region

In today’s rundown: D.C. could become the first jurisdiction to take advantage of new Medicaid health-care savings.  |  Two Grantee Partners are featured in a story about child trafficking.  |  The National Capital region has the second strongest economy in the country.

–The District has become the first jurisdiction to ask the federal government for permission to add thousands of low-income adults to the Medicaid program as part of the new federal health-care law.  If the request is approved, 35,000 D.C. residents would be switched from a city taxpayer-funded insurance program to the federally funded program.  Click here for more.

— The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area has been named the second strongest local metropolitan economy in the county, despite the economic downturn.  According to POLICOM Corp., this area ranks second only to Seattle.  Click here for the details.

— It is estimated that 100,000 to 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk of sex trafficking.  NPR’s Allison Keyes spoke with people from two Women’s Foundation Grantee Partners — The Rebecca Project for Human Rights and FAIR Fund — about the issue.  Click here to listen.

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