Helping the Hard-to-Employ and Their Families

Record Description
Released by The Institute for Research on Poverty, this policy brief focuses on hard-to-employ individuals and the different ways to improve work opportunities, earnings, and incomes for this target population. The brief includes detailed analysis of child poverty trends in the U.S. as well as policy recommendations on stabilizing the income of the hard-to-employ.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2014-08-31T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB3-HelpingHardToEmploy…
Publication Date
2014-09-01

Effects of Prenatal Poverty on Infant Health: State Earned Income Tax Credits and Birth Weight

Record Description
This study sought to examine the effect of prenatal poverty on the birth weight of infants (as birth weight can be a predictor for a range of outcomes for children) and subsequently, the effect that work-based welfare assistance, such as the EITC and TANF, has on maternal and infant health. The study found that there is a causal link between prenatal poverty and low birth weights, finding that state EITCs relieve prenatal poverty and indicated increased birth weights in babies born to mothers who received an earned income tax credit. However, the study found mixed results for TANF receipt and its effect on birth weights.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2009-12-31T19:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/newsevents/workshops/2011/participants/papers/15-Strull…
Publication Date
2010-01-01

Various Supports for Low-Income Families Reduce Poverty and Have Long-Term Positive Effects On Families and Children

Record Description
This brief from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides a broad overview of research and evidence of the positive effect of public benefit programs on poverty rates in the U.S. Programs highlighted include SNAP, Medicaid, and refundable tax credits with a discussion of the current support for low income working families (versus historical policies which did not incentivize work). To conclude, the brief provides research citing improved long-term outcomes for children whose families are supported by public benefit programs. Two appendices provide charts with the number of people kept above the poverty in each state; an interesting and potentially helpful resource for policymakers and program administrators.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2013-07-29T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.cbpp.org/research/various-supports-for-low-income-families-reduce-po…
Publication Date
2013-07-30

Child Tax Credit Expansion Passed By Congress Will Help 13 Million Children

Record Description
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, this report provides an overview of benefits to the proposed expansion of the Child Tax Credit- such an expansion could benefit 13 million children across the country. The families that would benefit from the expansion would include children in families where a parent works throughout the year and children in families that include individuals with disabilities.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2008-10-02T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.cbpp.org/research/child-tax-credit-expansion-passed-by-congress-will…
Publication Date
2008-10-03

Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Social Services Programs

Record Description
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in partnership with ICF International, released a toolkit that intends to equip frontline program staff with fundamental financial empowerment principles, an understanding of consumer financial protection, tools and information to help clients take steps to build and apply money management skills, and a referral guide to link clients to local financial empowerment services. Financial empowerment trainers can use the toolkit to train case managers and other frontline staff that are working with clients in a variety of contexts: asset building programs, TANF and workforce programs, Head Start, refugee resettlement services, programs for at-risk youth, programs serving people with disabilities, and more.
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Combined Date
2014-07-31T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/your-money-your-goals/
Publication Date
2014-08-01

Strengthening Families through Stronger Fathers: Final Impact Report for the Pilot Employment Programs

Record Description
This study reviews results of a pilot employment program in New York, a part of the Strengthening Families Through Stronger Fathers Initiative. The program provided employment-oriented services, fatherhood/parenting workshops, case management, and other support services to nearly 4,000 parents behind in their child support in four New York communities. The evaluation shows that these programs successfully helped participants find work and increase their earnings.
Record Type
Combined Date
2014-09-30T12:54:48
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412442-Strengthening-Families-Through-Stronger…

The Effects of Safety Net Programs on Food Insecurity

Record Description
The University of Kentucky's Center for Poverty Research released a discussion paper that explores whether the safety net reduces food insecurity for families and children who receive any of the five major safety net programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Medicaid. The results indicated that the various safety net programs do improve food security.
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Combined Date
2012-10-09T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
The Effects of Safety Net Programs on Food Insecurity
Publication Date
2012-10-10

A Guide to Low-Cost Curricula and Resources for Marriage and Relationship, Fatherhood and Parenting, and Financial Education

Record Description

The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative released a guide that includes an alphabetized list of resources for practitioners to use in topics related to marriage and relationships, fatherhood and parenting, and financial education.

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Posting Date
Combined Date
2009-06-30T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
https://hmrf.acf.hhs.gov/HMRFTA_Grantee_Portal/?linkServID=73367B88-D5D9-124F-0…
Publication Date
2009-07-01

Paycheck Plus: A New Antipoverty Strategy for Single Adults

Record Description

MDRC released a brief that outlines a project effort that is testing Paycheck Plus, an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for single, low-income adults with no dependent children in New York City. According to the authors, most EITC benefits go towards families with children, so this initiative focuses efforts on this sub-group. The project just enrolled over 6,000 individuals and will now monitor these individuals for the next several years to assess the effectiveness of the Paycheck Plus supplement on economic well-being, work, and other outcomes.

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Posting Date
Combined Date
2014-04-30T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/PaycheckPlus.pdf
Publication Date
2014-05-01
Innovative Programs

All Faith Community Services

Mission/Goal of Program

All Faith Community Services is a faith-based, self-help community service organization in Buckeye, Arizona. It is a non-profit, charitable, 501 (c) (3) which receives its funding from private donations, grants and charitable contributions. It is supported by churches, businesses and individuals who want to foster positive change in the community. All Faith provides emergency assistance, such as food, clothing and that to meet basic needs. However, it also provides the impetus, training and resources to get people from poverty to productivity. Through its individualized case management, training and support programs, All Faith takes a self-help approach to encourage individuals to - build work skills - get a job – overcome obstacles and improve their lives as well as those of their families.

Programs/Services Offered

There are a number of support programs offered at All Faith Community Services to address emergency needs: 

The Food Plus program is available to pregnant or post-partum women and children between the ages of one and six who are living in a household at 185% or less of poverty level.  The program also is available to seniors who are 60 or older living at 130% or less of poverty level.  The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is an ancillary food program which provides five food staples a month to low-income individuals.  They also provide Emergency Food & Baby Boxes to individuals and families based on the poverty guidelines.  They also support the community Famers’ Market. 

As part of their "One Stop Shop" All Faith has a number of great partnering agencies. Whether by appointment or walk-in these agencies are able to assist with:

  • SNAP Applications - also best known as "Food Stamp Benefits"
  • AHCCCS Applications - Medical Benefits
  • Senior Medicare/Medicaid Information
  • GED/Tutoring

In addition, STEPS (Skills-Training-Education/ Employment-Program-Services) provides All Faith’s clients with the necessary tools to get them trained and into the workforce.  All Faith’s STEPS program is a 3-month to 2-year program aimed at making sure that clients have the education, training and skills necessary to get them gainfully employed.

Start Date
Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Type of Agency/Organization
Community-based Organization
City
Buckeye
State
Arizona
Geographic Reach
Onesite
Clientele/Population Served
Low income, no income, homeless, displaced workers, welfare-to-work, undocumented clients, those unable to get TANF, etc.
Topics/Subtopics
Asset Building
Financial Literacy and Education
TANF Program Administration
Collaborations and Partnerships
URL
https://afcsaz.com/