Publications

Behavioral and Mental Health: A National Crisis Impacting Black Youth

This policy brief explores trends linked to Black youth’s behavioral and mental health, current efforts to expand behavioral and mental health services, and ways to continue expanding services.

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The Power of Rest: Examining the Racial Disparities of Sleep & its Connections to Black Health Outcomes

Sleep plays a critical role in helping our bodies recover from the day and prepare for the next. This publication explores the systemic barriers impacting Black sleep health and how policymakers can help.

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UNPLUGGED: Examining COVID-19 and its Technological Impact on Black Students

This policy brief explores COVID-19’s contribution to widening the digital divide and its detrimental impact on K-12 Black students’ accessibility and connectivity. Further, it encourages legislative action addressing practical solutions to closing the digital divide.

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Reproductive Rights: Dobbs v. Jackson and Implications for the Black Maternal Health Crisis

As we wait for the Supreme Court to reach a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, policymakers and policy practitioners must understand the implications of overturning or weakening Roe v. Wade, the impact of an anti-abortion ruling on Black pregnant people, and how such a ruling could threaten extant efforts to address the Black maternal and pregnancy-related mortality crisis.

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Snapshot on the State of Black Women and Girls: Sex Trafficking in the U.S.

The objective of these series of fact sheets is to address the issue of sex trafficking, specifically among the population of Black women and girls. Throughout this series, the fact […]

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How The New Administration Could Bring A New Day to The EPA’s Title VI Enforcement

The time may be ripe for the new EPA leadership to reduce government waste, substantially increase administrative efficiency correct the EPA’s repeated missteps in enforcing Title VI, and even eliminate […]

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Affordable Care Act Booklet

In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (H.R. 3590) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872) became law. In response, the […]

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Health Reform Implementation Updates September 2013

Learn how the Affordable Care Act will affect you and your family.

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