Earned Income Tax Credit Can Help Rural Families

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wrote a blog for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) highlighting the importance of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for rural families. Not only is the EITC important for individuals and families, but it can be a boost to rural economies because it essentially raises wages for a significant number of workers in the community.
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2016-01-28T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://blogs.usda.gov/2016/01/29/earned-income-tax-credit-can-help-rural-famili…
Publication Date
2016-01-29

Empowering Prosperity: Strengthening Human Services Impacts Through Asset Integration

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The Institute on Assets and Social Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University published this guidebook to support human service agencies' efforts to incorporate asset building into their practices. This resource will help agencies delve into the complex economic challenges faced by diverse populations, address barriers to create longer-term strategies, and increase opportunity and well-being by focusing on and eliminating structural barriers that are shaped by race, ethnicity, and culture.
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2015-09-30T20:00:00
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City/County
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https://iasp.brandeis.edu/pdfs/2015/Empowering_Prosperity.pdf
Publication Date
2015-10-01

Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States

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This fact sheet from the Annie E. Casey Foundation presents data from the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). The SPM measures the impact of various social programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), as well as accounts for the rising costs and other changes that affect a family’s budget.
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2015-02-24T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.aecf.org/resources/measuring-access-to-opportunity-in-the-united-sta…
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2015-02-25

Great Gaps Persist in State Safety Nets, Interactive Policy Tool Shows

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A recent release from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) analyzed their newly updated 50-State Policy Tracker, an interactive online tool for comparing safety net policies critical to the economic security of working families. It reveals significant disparities between different states, demonstrating that a person’s state of residence can greatly impact his or her future success. This tool includes data by state among ten critical social programs: child care subsidies, child and dependent care tax credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, family and medical leave, income tax policy, Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program, minimum wage, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and unemployment insurance.
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2014-12-31T19:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.nccp.org/media/releases/release_166.html
Publication Date
2015-01-01

Special Collection: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Other Tax Credits

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The National Online Resource Center for Violence Against Women created this special collection to provide resources to case managers who want to help domestic violence survivors access the Earned Income Tax Credit and other tax benefits. This collection highlights key resources for the EITC, the Child Tax Credit, Health Coverage Tax Credits, and others. It includes general information and fact sheets, reports and research, information about how tax credits affect eligibility for other federal benefits, as well as state-specific statistics and contact information. Finally, it provides information on free tax preparation services across the country and ways to avoid predatory lending and tax services.
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2015-10-27T20:00:00
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City/County
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http://vawnet.org/sc/earned-income-tax-credit-eitc-and-other-tax-credits

Gateway to Opportunity: Improving Parental Employment and Family Well-Being Outcomes

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), hosted the Gateway to Opportunity: Improving Parental Employment and Family Well-Being Outcomes national TANF convening on September 1 – September 3, 2015 at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Downtown Hotel. The convening brought together TANF program administrators and national experts to promote dialogue around topics such as job-driven and career pathways training, TANF-WIOA coordination, client assessment and case management strengthening, the role of executive skills in employment outcomes, and two-generation approaches to family economic security. Gateway to Opportunity: Improving Parental Employment and Family Well-Being Outcomes provided attendees with opportunities to engage with their peers and experts from the field, to discuss best practices and the latest research, to converse with federal commissioners and ACF staff, as well as to plan ways to improve TANF programming for low-income families in their communities.

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2015-10-20T20:00:00
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City/County
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2015-10-21
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State TANF Summit Summary Report 1.33 MB
Agenda 783.38 KB
Participant List 516.79 KB
Session Descriptions 798.26 KB
Opening Plenary Presentation - Gertrude Lynn Brown 266.13 KB
Opening Plenary Presentation - Joe Jones 1.38 MB
Opening Plenary Presentation - Dr. Sheila Katz 886.18 KB
Domestic Violence Assessment and Service Coordination - Dr. Marylouise Kelley 1.36 MB
Drug Testing Practices in TANF - Gary Allen 164.87 KB
Integrating Career Pathways Components into TANF Programs - Kermit Kaleba 856.69 KB
Helping Families Develop Social Capital to Foster Economic Security - Dr. Megan Smith and John Padilla 1.48 MB
Helping Families Develop Social Capital to Foster Economic Security - Mauricio Lim Miller 2.58 MB
Helping Families Develop Social Capital to Foster Economic Security - Dr. Mario Small 400.31 KB
Promoting Child Well-Being and Family Self-Sufficiency Through Improved Non-Custodial Employment - Bob Prevost 237.23 KB
Promoting Child Well-Being and Family Self-Sufficiency Through Improved Non-Custodial Employment - Lauren Antelo 1.24 MB
Promoting Child Well-Being and Family Self-Sufficiency Through Improved Non-Custodial Employment - Tamara Thomas 962.68 KB
Two-Generation Approaches - Dr. Megan Smith and John Padilla 2.98 MB
Two-Generation Approaches - Shelley Waters Boots 1.12 MB
BIAS-GOALS - Emily Schmitt 517.63 KB
TANF Data Q&A - Yun Song 243.88 KB
Improving Business Processes for Delivering Work Supports for Low-Income Families - Heather Hahn 202.56 KB
Reframing Human Services for the 21st Century - Michael Laracy 1.86 MB
Reframing Human Services for the 21st Century - Michael Laracy, part 2 1.34 MB
Integrating Career Pathways into a TANF Context - Karon Rosa 1.28 MB
Integrating Career Pathways into a TANF Context - Gilda Kennedy 1.79 MB
Promoting Interoperability Across Human Services and the ACA - Jack Rogers 366.56 KB
Promoting Interoperability Across Human Services and the ACA - Stan Dorn 344.78 KB
Promoting Interoperability Across Human Services and the ACA - Uma S. Ahluwalia 2.36 MB
Integrating Mental Health Services for TANF Recipients through ACA Collaboration - Denise Marzullo 1.88 MB
Integrating Mental Health Services for TANF Recipients through ACA Collaboration - Lori Beyer 345.2 KB
Integrating Mental Health Services for TANF Recipients through ACA Collaboration - Phyllis Ottley 161.45 KB
Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Human Services Programs - Kathy Szafran 2.57 MB
Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Human Services Programs - Susan Dreyfus 1.72 MB
Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Human Services Programs - Spotlight on Poverty 101.97 KB
Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Human Services Programs - Change in Mind 61.45 KB
Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Human Services Programs - Family Policy Council 351.31 KB
Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Human Services Programs - WorkFirst 881.3 KB
Does 1 + 1 = 3? Two-Generation Approaches to Improve Parental Employment and Family Well-Being Outcomes - Sisifo Taatiti 226.72 KB

Financial Coaching: Helping Families Realize Their Goals and Achieve Stability

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This post from the Annie E. Casey Foundation describes the important differences between financial coaching and other types of money management, such as financial literacy, financial counseling, and financial planning. Financial coaching focuses on self-empowerment and the achievement of goals through short- and long-term steps, which can help low-income families achieve financial stability.
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2015-07-30T20:00:00
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http://www.aecf.org/blog/financial-coaching-helping-families-realize-their-goal…
Publication Date
2015-07-31

Assets for Independence (AFI) Building Financial Capability in Youth Employment Programs

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This report, from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and ACF, provides an overview of the critical lessons learned from a 2013 roundtable of national and local leaders from promising programs. The roundtable members convened to discuss current efforts to help youth build financial capability through employment programs.
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2014-08-19T20:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/building-financial-capability-in-youth-empl…
Publication Date
2014-08-20
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A representative from the National League of Cities is searching for youth employment programs that are currently providing intensive financial literacy training for participating youth and helping them access banking products like savings or checking accounts.

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August 2015
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District of Columbia
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Bringing Attention to Financial Capability in Human Services Programs

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This blog post from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Mark Greenberg, highlights the importance of financial capability programs within human services agencies. ACF programs have issued notices to a wide range of ACF-supported programs to demonstrate the need for financial capability and encourage them to structure their services and activities to strengthen financial capability among the populations they serve.
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ACF Blog Spotlight
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2015-04-28T20:00:00
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City/County
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http://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2015/04/bringing-attention-to-financial-capability-…
Publication Date
2015-04-29