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Economic Mobility Catalog

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Outcomes
August 8, 2022

Stable and healthy families

Overview

A stable and healthy home environment creates the foundation for all mobility outcomes. Individuals who grow up in families with sufficient financial resources, stable housing arrangements, and good physical and mental health are more likely to experience positive economic mobility outcomes at every life stage.

Family stability is bolstered by financial security, workforce, health, housing, and justice strategies.

Evidence-based strategies

Broadband access and digital skills
Providing low-income residents with broadband internet access, hardware subsidies, and digital skills classes
Housing and community development
Child care and early education programs
Supervision, curricula, programming, and healthy learning environments for children ages 0-5
Early childhood
Creating affordable housing
Using legislative, operational, and financial methods to facilitate the construction of more affordable housing
Housing and community development
Financial education and counseling
Providing coaching, coursework, tools, and more for participants to improve their short- and long-term financial wellbeing
Financial security
Government-levied fines and fees reform
Reducing or eliminating financial penalties, waiving debt, and expunging records for minor offenses
Justice and public safety Financial security
Guaranteed income
Providing unconditional cash transfers to residents at regular intervals
Financial security
Gun violence prevention
Preventing gun violence through limiting gun access and circulation, and raising public awareness 
Health and well-being Justice and public safety
Housing stability and displacement prevention
Increasing housing stability for tenants at risk of displacement and homelessness
Housing and community development Justice and public safety Financial security
Improving access to healthy food
Removing cost and distance barriers to healthy food for children and families
Health and well-being
Increasing access to health care
Eliminating financial, physical, and other barriers to health care access and quality 
Health and well-being
Living wage laws
Requiring all employers within a jurisdiction to pay wages adjusted to local living costs
Financial security
Maintaining safe and healthy housing
Ensuring that existing affordable homes and rental units remain safe, healthy, and high-quality
Housing and community development Health and well-being
Navigating health care systems and services
Supporting residents in accessing care, understanding health information, and making informed decisions
Health and well-being
Protecting worker well-being
Helping residents balance work, health, and caring for family
Post-secondary education and workforce development Financial security Health and well-being
Reducing obstacles to receiving public benefits
Improving resident experience in learning about, applying to, and receiving aid
Financial security Health and well-being
Reproductive health and education
Reducing STI transmission and unintended pregnancy by teaching and encouraging safer behavior and decision-making
K-12 education Health and well-being
School-based supports for child health and well-being
Positioning students to be physically and emotionally ready to learn
K-12 education Health and well-being
Supports for expecting parents and families with young children
Increasing access to high-quality health care and education for new and expecting families
Health and well-being Early childhood
Supports to improve outcomes for youth in foster care
Direct supports for foster youth, training programs for prospective foster parents, foster care models, and programs aiming to preserve and reunify families
Health and well-being
Wealth building
Supporting wealth creation for low-income households through a range of savings models
Financial security