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Improving Access to Public Benefits: Helping Eligible Individuals and Families Get the Income Supports They Need
2010
In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act increased vital resources such as food stamps, unemployment insurance, and housing subsidies available to low-income families struggling through the recession. But not all families were able to gain access to and receive the benefits for which they were eligible. This report suggests that there is a need for funders, states, communities and the federal government to create more programs that low-income families can access.
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Building Family Economic Success: Foreclosure
2009
For many families, foreclosure signifies not only the loss of a home but also the loss of accumulated equity and good credit. Foreclosure can also affect employment, social networks, and threaten the strength and resiliency of an entire community. This brief details the Casey Foundation’s strategy to help families prevent economic setbacks including foreclosure while still promoting economic success and asset building among the most vulnerable families.
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Big Ideas for Job Creation: A Policy Brief Highlighting Job Creating Initiatives
2011
This report summarizes the work of Big Ideas for Job Creation, a project of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, which tapped into the innovative thinking of leading experts across the nation to develop job creation proposals.
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Rent Burden, Housing Subsidies and the Well-being of Children and Youth
2011
This report looks at the issue of rent burden, which is defined as spending more than 30 percent of household income on rent. Between 2002 and 2009, the proportion of households with children affected by rent burden increased significantly.
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Building Assets, Strengthening Families in Baltimore
2011
This report provides an overview of the key components of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s financial stability activities for low-income families in Baltimore and, increasingly, the state of Maryland. It is a case study of how this multipronged strategy has been developed and implemented in Baltimore and offers insights for others doing this important work in their communities.
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The Re-Emergence of Concentrated Poverty: Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s
2011
An analysis of data on neighborhood poverty suggests that the strong economy of the late 1990s did not permanently resolve the challenge of concentrated poverty. The slower economic growth of the 2000s, followed by the worst downturn in decades, led to increases in neighborhoods of extreme poverty once again.
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Big Ideas for Jobs Creation: Rethinking Work Opportunity From Tax Credits to Subsidized Job Placements
2011
This paper looks at proposals from more than a dozen leading experts who have come up with practical, scalable proposals that will create more jobs for the U.S. economy.
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