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Steady Stats, Shifting Lives: United Way NCA's 2025 ALICE Update Reveals Widening Gap Between Income and Survival

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 20, 2025) – United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA), in partnership with United For ALICE, today released The State of ALICE in the..
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May 26, 2026

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Black Fathers Are Crossing the Stage and Changing the Narrative

The Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) and United Way of the National...

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May 21, 2026

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STEM in the Schoolyard Brings Interactive Science Students

Hair-raising electricity and vortex fog rings filled the Buck Lodge Middle School...

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May 08, 2026

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Growing the Next Generation of Investors: How One D.C. High School Is Changing the Financial Future

Students in H.D. Woodson High School’s Academy of Finance presented their capstone...

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May 05, 2026

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How Long Does It Take to Find a Job in 2026? [Survey]

Amid mass layoffs across both the public and private sectors in recent...

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Apr 22, 2026

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Walt Whitman’s Food Market Is Sustaining Its Community

The Walt Whitman Middle School Family Food Market is in its ninth...

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Apr 21, 2026

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Financial Literacy for Youth: Why it Matters

In 2023, many teens and young people will enter adulthood without the...


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