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- General Material
May 2012
AFI Legislation: Assets for Independence Act 42 USC 604
Publisher(s): This webpage provides the actual statutory language of the Act that sets criteria for IDAs under the AFI program.
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- General Material
January 2012
Federal Housing Resource Guide
Publisher(s):This manual lays out federal housing programs including programs for the elderly and section 8 housing.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
November 2011
Asset Building Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper discusses asset building programs, including some of the benefits of asset ownership and the importance of such programs for domestic violence survivors. The lack of literature on asset building and domestic violence issues is highlighted, implying a need for further research.
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- General Material
June 2011
Reducing the College Progress Gap between Low- to Moderate-income and High-income Young Adults
Publisher(s):This is a summary of new research examining various types of economic capital (assets) and the connection to predicting whether individuals of low and moderate income attend and succeed in college.
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- General Material
April 2011
A Reference Manual for Child Tax Benefits
Publisher(s):This manual describes a number of child-related provisions in the individual income tax code, and describes the specific benefits for each targeted group.
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- General Material
January 2011
The 2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines
Publisher(s):Links to a fact sheet and additional background information are provided.
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- General Material
December 2010
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
The Act was passed and signed into law in December 2010. It extends Bush-era tax cuts, unemployment insurance, and specific provisions under ARRA including key tax credit programs for families.
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- General Material
December 2010
2011 TANF Extension
Publisher(s):In November 2010, Congress extended the TANF program through FY 2011, as part of the Claims Resolution Act (H.R. 4783). This fact sheet summarizes these legislative actions.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2010
Economic Empowerment of Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper reviews and critiques the existing literature on economic abuse experienced by domestic violence survivors and selected economic empowerment programs designed to address such abuse and its aftermath.
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- General Material
September 2010
Lessons from SEED: A National Demonstration of Child Development Accounts
Publisher(s):This summary report details the experience of over 1100 children in 12 states, working with the SEED program. Included is information on related state and federal policy, market development, and communications. The results of this research have implications for the design of a larger system of CDAs.
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- General Material
June 2010
Hard-Won Lessons: Responding to Women's Interests and Needs in the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Publisher(s):This two-page talking points document is intended to help guide oil spill response and recovery work.
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- General Material
April 2010
Improving Access to Public Benefits: Helping Eligible Individuals and Families Get the Income Supports they Need
Publisher(s):This report describes the barriers to access, efforts across the country to reduce these barriers, and the preliminary results of those efforts. The author concludes with strategies for improving awareness and outreach, and state benefits policies.