National Endowment for Financial Education

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Founded in 1972, the National Endowment for Financial Education offers financial education and guides, training tools, and survey results to consumers of all ages. Offerings include High School Financial Planning (for teachers and educators), CashCourse, Financial Workshop Kits, Retirement Paycheck, Smart About Money, Evaluation Toolkit, and On Your Own (for young adults).
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2019-03-14T20:00:00
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https://www.nefe.org/
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2019-03-15
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Webinar: Aligning Affordable Housing Efforts with Actions to End Homelessness

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The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness will convene a webinar on April 3, 2019 at 12 noon ET to discuss the agency’s strategic planning tool to ensure access to affordable housing for persons with housing barriers. This webinar will also discuss the findings of an earlier report that outlined 9 action steps that integrate affordable housing options with approaches to end homelessness.
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2019-04-03T08:00:00
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https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5CfInGp7Q82Rk006klhpPA
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2019-04-03
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Starting with Stability: How Denver Is Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle

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This section from an Urban Institute report describes a social impact bond, issued in Denver, Colorado in February 2016, to fund a supportive housing program for 250 persons most frequently involved in the criminal justice system. The section presents participants’ first-hand accounts as well as challenges of utilizing the housing lease-up process to stem homelessness or returns to jail for this transitional population.
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2019-03-19T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://www.urban.org/features/starting-stability-how-denver-breaking-homelessn…
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2019-03-20
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The Effects of a 2Gen Human Capital Program on Children’s Outcomes in Head Start

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This issue brief from the Aspen Institute’s ASCEND initiative illustrates the CareerAdvance® program, created and administered by the Community Action Project of Tulsa County (Oklahoma). The program, designed to create employment opportunities in the healthcare sector, has benefitted parents with improved education and job opportunities. The brief reviews the effects of CareerAdvance® on the program participants’ children as the parents increase their economic and psychological well-being.

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2019-01-31T19:00:00
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https://ascend.aspeninstitute.org/resources/the-effects-of-a-2gen-human-capital…
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2019-02-01
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Addressing the Employment Challenge: The Use of Postsecondary Noncredit Training in Skills Development

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This American Enterprise Institute report looks at noncredit skills training as a potential approach for addressing the skills gap in various occupations and how industry-based certification from noncredit training can address the demand for qualified labor. The report provides models of noncredit programs used at community colleges nationally and can be operationalized more flexibly than traditional degree programs.
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2019-02-28T19:00:00
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http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Addressing-the-Employment-Challen…
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2019-03-01
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Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Cross-Program Implementation and Impact Study Findings

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This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report reviews the implementation and initial impact of career pathways strategies under the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) evaluation study. It also examines the effects of career pathway programs on participants for up to 18 months following entry into the PACE program.
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2019-03-06T19:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/pathways-for-advancing-careers-and-educat…
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2019-03-07
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National Tribal TANF Characteristics Data

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The Office of Family Assistance published a data set on Tribal TANF recipient characteristics for FY 2008 through FY 2015. Data included are number of individuals participating in Tribal TANF work activities, number of adults by work participation status, number of adults by relationship to head of households, type of families receiving TANF assistance, number of TANF families by the number of children, and average age of TANF recipient children.
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2019-03-18T20:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/national-tribal-tanf-characteristics-data
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2019-03-19
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Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Substance Use Disorders: Strategies for Reentry From Jail

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The National Association of Counties will host a three-part webinar series to discuss strategies county leaders can use to create comprehensive reentry substance abuse treatment plans with law enforcement officials for individuals in jails and upon reentry. The first webinar will be held on April 25, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET.
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2019-04-25T10:00:00
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https://www.naco.org/events/meeting-needs-individuals-substance-use-disorders-s…
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2019-04-25
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Do SNAP Work Requirements Work?

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This Upjohn Institute working paper reviews the impact of SNAP work requirements. The research draws from American Community Survey data from 2010 to 2016 to assess the effects of work requirements on employment and SNAP participation for able-bodied adults without dependents. Initial findings suggest that SNAP work requirements decrease SNAP participation and lead to marginally increased employment for the target population.
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2018-12-12T19:00:00
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https://research.upjohn.org/up_workingpapers/297/
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2018-12-13
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Moving into and out of Rural Poverty

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This Institute for Research on Poverty study from the University of Wisconsin at Madison examines the dynamics behind transitions in and out of poverty within rural areas. The research proposes that changes to cash and non-cash resources to pay for food, clothing, shelter, and utilities play a larger role in poverty transitions than changes in family composition (for example, changes to the family due to birth, death, divorce, or repartnering).
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2018-11-30T19:00:00
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https://www.irp.wisc.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Focus-34-3b.pdf
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2018-12-01
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