In today’s rundown: Infant care in D.C. costs more than public college tuition. | A look at homeless services in the District after money earmarked for needy families was spent on a teen summer employment program. | Elena Kagan is sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice. | And, for the first time, a woman will head a major US intelligence agency.
— The annual cost of infant care in D.C. is about $11,500, according to a new report out this week. That’s more than twice the cost of tuition at a public college. Click here to find out what one organization says the city can do to help struggling parents.
— The Washington Post takes a look at what Craigslist says they’re doing to keep ads for underage girls out of the website’s “adult services” section, and what’s actually going on in that section. Last week FAIR Fund, a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner, called Craigslist the “Wal-mart of online sex trafficking.”
— Washington City Paper takes a look at homeless services in the District after money for needy families was spent to make up for a shortfall in a summer employment program. And DC Fiscal Policy Institute, a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner, has a list of lessons that city leaders can take away from the Summer Youth Employment Program.
— Over the weekend, Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the Supreme Court. She’s the fourth woman to be named justice in the history of the high court.
— The first woman to head a major U.S. intelligence agency is being instated today. Letitia A. Long will be the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Click here for details.
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