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RPIC Policy Agenda – Improve Educational Attainment and Outcomes
While educational attainment has risen significantly in the last two decades, we continue to see a huge disparity in post-secondary education by race and ethnicity. White 25- to 29-year-olds are…
Read MoreRPIC Policy Agenda – Reduce Disparities in Health due to Social Drivers of Health
The effects of systemic racism are visible throughout the health care system and in the disproportionately negative health outcomes among communities of color. Black patients fare significantly worse than whites in the categories including infant mortality and neonatal health; HIV/AIDS; cardiovascular disease; cancer screening and management; adult and child immunizations; diabetes; asthma; end-stage renal disease; nutritional risk; breast cancer; as well as anxiety, depression, and substance misuse.
Read MoreRPIC Policy Agenda – Increase Affordable, Fair, & Healthy Housing Options
Rather than narrowing, the gap in homeownership rates by race has grown steadily over the last century. In 1900, the gap between white and Black homeownership was 27.6%, that gap has not improved in the last 121 years with U.S. Census Bureau data from April 2021 showing a 29.6% difference between white and Black homeowners. The relationship between income, housing, and wealth accumulation is interconnected.
Read MoreRPIC Policy Agenda – Advancing Economic Opportunities for Minority Communities
The wage and wealth gap between white and Black workers is an important contributor to disparities in access to quality housing, medical care, food access, and educational opportunities.
Read MoreHow were minority and women owned small businesses assisted by the National Institute of Minority Economic Development during the pandemic?
In a poll conducted by the Research, Policy, & Impact Center, RETOOLNC grant recipients were asked how they used funds they received during the pandemic.
Read MorePoll Shows Rate Increase Adds Additional Financial Burden on Women and Minority Owned Small Business
Last Wednesday (5/3/22), the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a half percentage point, the largest rate increase since 2000. The Fed previously raised its rate a quarter percentage point…
Read MorePPP Lending Disparities by Race in 2020 and 2021
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was widely criticized, for favoring white-owned businesses over Minority Business Enterprises. (MBE) In the study PPP loans were consolidated using the program Stata using data…
Read MorePPP (Paycheck Protection Program) Disparities by Gender in North Carolina by Year
In order to determine whether Paycheck Protection loans in the North Carolina, suffered the same disparities between gender and race, as we found in our previous articles for 2020 PPP…
Read MoreGriffin & Strong Find Significant Disparities in N.C. Procurement: Non-Partisan Small Business Reserve Program is one of the Best Remedies for N.C.
The NC Department of Administration’s Historically Underutilized Business Office recently released a disparity study, researched by Griffin & Strong P.C., on the availability and utilization of minority and women business…
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