What's next for the care economy agenda

And hurricane season in a post Grants Pass v. Johnson world

Family policies like child care, paid leave, the child tax credit, and universal pre-K—were all left out of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. Now, with renewed focus on care in the 2024 presidential race, how are policymakers and advocates gearing up for another federal legislative push? What's next? How would Kamala Harris succeed on care where Joe Biden failed?

Since May, I’ve interviewed lawmakers, strategists, funders, aides, think tank experts, and care advocates about the failed Build Back Better care push + what came after. I tried to make this a constructive piece, and I also wanted to get specific about what may happen next year, especially if there is divided government, and how things might change, or not.

You can read that story here.

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The other story I’ve published recently is on people experiencing unsheltered homelessness during hurricane season. I wanted to understand what supports are available to those individuals (it turns out, a lot of federal disaster relief explicitly excludes people who were homeless before a climate disaster) and how these new laws criminalizing homelessness in our post-Grants Pass world are affecting people on the ground amid a major storm.

You can read that here.

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Thanks as always for reading, and keeping me up to speed on all you’re tracking

Rachel