In today’s rundown: How homeless families handle a new school year in Northern Virginia. A new executive director at a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner. Plus, the cost of creating a large number of new jobs that keep families in poverty.
— Students in Virginia return to school today and The Washington Post looks into how the school year is different for children whose families are homeless. The article covers how families become homeless and how shelters help kids find stability at school.
— The Maryland Gazette has a profile on Ronnie Galvin, the new executive director of IMPACT Silver Spring, a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner. “Galvin is looking to help the group evolve by focusing on sports programs for families, workforce development for low-income residents and small-business development for residents.”
— Ahead of President Obama’s jobs speech on Thursday, an M.I.T economist asks if we have to choose “between job quality and quantity.” Paul Osterman’s op-ed in The New York Times says that creating a lot of jobs that pay low wages and keep families in poverty negatively impacts housing, education, marriage and health.
