A prevailing belief suggests that having a job brings financial security, though many workers hold jobs that do not support financial stability. WorkRise and the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program (FSP) will host a webinar on April 28,…

The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison will host a webinar on October 29, 2020 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. CT to discuss research findings on how the EITC contributes to intergenerational mobility and…

The 20th Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS 2020), sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, will now be held virtually on October 13-15 and October 19-22, 2020. Panels will cover TANF Programs, Policies…

Prosperity Now has opened registration for its first-ever virtual summit to be held on September 30, 2020 to October 2, 2020. The summit will allow participants to undertake deep dive learning labs; attend sessions on affordable housing, tax…

The Aspen Institute has developed a series of digital events entitled Conversations in Financial Security in Response to COVID-19: How to Triage, Recover, and Stabilize. Tenth in the series, this webinar on July 1, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.…

The Office of Family Assistance hosted a webinar on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 showcasing several Social Enterprise Organizations (SEOs) and their unique strengths, challenges, and contexts. SEOs are hybrid organizations that aim to balance…

The Urban Institute will host a webinar on July 25, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET to discuss Benefit Chicago and the Western New York Impact Investment Fund, which are models of place-based impact investing. Drawing from recently released…

The Urban Institute will host a webinar on June 27, 2019 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET to present the latest trends on place-based impact investing collaborations between foundations and community organizations. Presentations on practitioner briefs…

The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison will hold a webinar on May 15, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT to discuss research findings from the National Academies report, Cutting the Child Poverty Rate by…

Federal benefits programs, such as TANF and SNAP, and tax credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit, can help encourage work and reduce poverty among working families. In the 2016 tax year, almost 26 million…