How to use American Rescue Plan funds to invest in women
Opinion by Joanna Mikulski and Molly Dillon In the coming weeks, state and local governments will have to decide how to spend $350 billion in flexible, federal aid that will be distributed as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. One important way they can spend these funds is to invest in women so that it is possible for millions of them to enter or re-enter the workforce and remain in it. Millions of Americans are out of work and widespread layoffs at the start of the pandemic affected many female-dominated industries, like retail, hospitality and restaurants. Black and