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Gender Wage Gap Remains Wide in Year Two of the Pandemic: The 2021 Weekly Gender Wage Gap by Race, Ethnicity, and Occupation

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2022

Level Other

State(s) All States, Wyoming

Source Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Policy Areas Economic Justice

As the economy recovered from COVID-19 and many women and men returned to paid employment, deep gender and racial/ethnic gaps in both employment and pay persisted. This fact sheet models wage gaps across gender, race, and ethnicity in 2021, and outlines the role occupational segregation...

NACCHO’s 2019 Profile Study: Local Health Department Capacity to Prepare for and Respond to Public Health Threats

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National Association of County & City Health Officials

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Health

Local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in their communities during a national pandemic. However, LHD emergency preparedness and response programs have been chronically underfunded and understaffed, hindering their ability to quickly mobilize in times of crisis. This...

COVID-19: Release People From Prisons and Jails Without Electronic Monitoring

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Media Justice

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Public Safety

This brief outlines six arguments opposing electronic monitors for people released from prisons and jails during the pandemic. The use of electronic monitoring violates social distancing, increases costs, misdirects resources, impacts access to healthcare, increases barriers to movement,...

Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education, Public Safety

Despite their important and complex work, early educators have faced low wages and unsafe working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report demonstrates that compensation within the early childhood education (ECE) workforce is uneven across states and among different classifications...

Supporting Student Wellness in California

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) California

Source Council for a Strong America

Policy Areas Children & Families, Education, Health

Initiatives to promote students' physical, mental, and emotional health can help children recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthen the workforce, contribute to a strong state economy, and enhance national security. This report outlines steps California policymakers can take...

2020 Seattle Ordinance Establishing Labor Standards and Minimum Compensation for Transit Network Drivers

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This ordinance establishes minimum labor and compensation standards for transportation network company (TNC) drivers. It also requires TNCs to provide or reimburse personal protective equipment (i.e. face coverings, gloves, hand sanitizing agents, and disinfecting supplies) for TNC...

Nothing About Us Without Us: Can Area-Based Social Indices Effectively Advance Health Equity?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) California

Source California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Policy Areas Health

Policymakers can use area-based social indices to target interventions and mitigate health disparities for communities of color, LGBTQ+, and individuals with disabilities. Drawing from an analysis of California's COVID-19 response strategies, which relied on social indices to address...

2020 Forces of Change: The COVID-19 Edition

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National Association of County & City Health Officials

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Economic Justice, Health

In 2020, the Forces of Change survey was conducted to identify infrastructure challenges among local health departments (LHDs) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The data highlights the capacity, preparedness, and activities of LHDs in the first year of the pandemic, including trends...

Shared Work: The Little-Known Program That Could Prevent Layoffs, Relieve State Budgets, and Boost the Economy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Shared work programs permit employers to temporarily reduce hours for all workers in order to avoid layoffs for some, with states partially replacing the lost wages from reduced hours with unemployment insurance benefits. This brief explains the benefits of shared work during the...

Housing Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Housing

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing American housing crisis. Now, more than ever, it is critical that local governments address the intersection of housing and health and fight forced displacement from housing to protect the economic, social, and physical wellbeing...

2020 Seattle Emergency Order Supporting Restaurants During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town, Other

State(s) Washington

Source City of Seattle

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Food

This emergency order capped third-party delivery platforms' commission fees to restaurants at 15% during the COVID-19 civil emergency. This legislation aimed to reduce the financial burden on restaurants during a difficult period for the industry. ...

The Crisis in Milwaukee’s Service Industry

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source COWS

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Milwaukee's service industry jobs offer low wages, inadequate and unpredictable hours, and poor benefits packages. This report calls attention to the crisis in low-wage service work by highlighting the average wages in key service occupations in Milwaukee, while outlining how these...

The NAACHO Advocacy Toolkit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National Association of County & City Health Officials

Policy Areas Health

Strong advocacy is needed to build capacity and enable local health departments to lead their communities in responding to COVID-19 and other public health challenges. This toolkit guides advocates in lobbying elected representatives by outlining how to schedule a meeting with a member...

2022 Seattle Ordinance 126593 Regarding Just Cause Evictions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

This ordinance outlines changes to certain eviction defenses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It states that if a tenant proves that they've suffered a financial hardship during the public emergency which inhibited their ability to pay rent, they can explain these circumstances...

NACCHO's 2022 Federal Legislative and Policy Agenda

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National Association of County & City Health Officials

Policy Areas Health

NACCHO's mission is to improve the health of communities by strengthening and advocating for local health departments. This report outlines NACCHO's legislative priorities for 2022, including supporting the public health workforce, improving access to federal public health funding,...

Be Prepared: An Overview of Public Health Services in Milwaukee County and Options for Structural Change

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Health

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Milwaukee County created the Unified Emergency Operations Center (UEOC), a temporary oversight board with the goal of coordinating the pandemic response among 11 municipal public health departments with the county. Considering UEOC's success,...

The Work of Art: A Survey of Milwaukee’s Artists and Creatives

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

The arts are an important sector of Milwaukee's local economy, providing a wide range of educational and cultural opportunities while employing thousands of individuals. Using survey data, this report outlines the characteristics of artists in Milwaukee County, the challenges they...

Transportation & Mobility Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Local transit systems face a series of challenges, including aging infrastructure, decreasing public transportation usage, increasing congestion, unsafe streets for pedestrians and bikers, COVID-19 transmission on public transit, and the excessive release of carbon emissions. To address...

Unburdened: How Canceling Student Debt Can Boost Growth, Equity, and Innovation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Roosevelt Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Education

This fact sheet outlines the impacts of canceling student debt on borrowers' lives and the state of the economy as a whole. Benefits include making homeownership more feasible, increasing borrower's freedom and mobility, reducing unemployment, boosting entrepreneurship, and more....

2021 Seattle Ordinance Establishing Additional Compensation for Grocery Store Employees

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Health, Public Safety

This ordinance requires grocery businesses to provide their employees with hazard pay at a rate of four dollars per hour for each hour worked during the COVID-19 emergency....

Public Health Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Food, Health

ProGov21's updated Public Health roadmap outlines steps local governments can take to address collective structural health problems that drive chronic disease, reinforce disparate health outcomes, and worsen the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it provides innovative and effective...

2020 Seattle Ordinance 119787 Regulating the Use of COVID-19 Related Eviction Records

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Housing

This ordinance amendment prohibits landlords from taking adverse action against a prospective or existing tenant based on any eviction history that occurred during or within six months after the end of the COVID-19 civil emergency. Adverse action includes evicting or denying tenancy....

Schools and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Operating Guidance for Schools During the Pandemic

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County, School District

State(s) All States

Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Policy Areas Education, Health

This fact sheet outlines actions necessary to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in schools. Recommendations include upgrading HVAC systems, performing daily air flushes, maintaining proper relative humidity levels, conducting retro-commissioning, and more....

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