Economic Justice Content Topic Results
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January 2016
U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines Used to Determine Financial Eligibility for Certain Federal Program
Publisher(s):In addition to providing the poverty guidelines for 2016, this webpage describes two slightly different versions of the federal poverty measure: poverty thresholds and poverty guidelines.
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January 2016
Don’t be a Victim of Loan Fraud
Publisher(s): This brochure lists eleven tips for being a “smart consumer” when looking to buy a home. It also describes predatory lending and details tactics used by predators.
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January 2016
2016 Adoption Tax Credit Information
Publisher(s):This webpage provides an overview of the Federal Adoption Tax Credit, and provides brief descriptions of qualifying adoption expenses, state adoption tax credits, adoption disruption, dependency tax exemption, and adoption tax credit before finalization.
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January 2016
2016 Advocates' Guide: An Educational Primer on Federal Programs and Resources Related to Affordable Housing and Community Development
Publisher(s):This guide, issued/updated annually, is an extremely practical and useful document for its breadth of review of federal housing-related programs such as CDBG, Fair Housing, HOPE VI, Housing Choice Vouchers, McKinney-Vento, and Public Housing.
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January 2016
End the War on Black Trans, Queer and Gender Nonconforming People
Publisher(s): This page outlines the problems that black trans, queer, and gender nonconforming people face with institutions such as police and prisons, employment, healthcare, housing. It also offers action steps for the federal, state, and local levels.
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January 2016
Predatory Lending Practices
Publisher(s): This webpage provides brief descriptions of some of the most common predatory mortgage lending abusive practices.
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- NRCDV Publications
December 2015
What steps can survivors take to repair credit damaged by abusers?
Publisher(s): Research indicates that financial abuse is experienced in 98% of abusive relationships. NRCDV's January 2016 TA Question of the Month explores what survivors can do to repair their credit.
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December 2015
Tax Deal Makes Permanent Key Improvements to Working-Family Tax Credits
Publisher(s):This report discusses the bipartisan tax deal that permanently extends key improvements in the CTC and the EITC that were slated to expire after 2017.
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November 2015
Financial Access and Services Are Essential for Immigrant Integration
Publisher(s):This article details key findings from a series published by the National Council of La Raza, entitled Profiles on Latinos and Banking. The series analyzes the data from the previously published report entitled Banking in Color: New Findings on Financial Access for Low- to Moderate-Income Communities.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
October 2015
WEBINAR: Allies in the Struggle: Intersectional work as a trauma-informed response and prevention
Publisher(s):This webinar was designed for aspiring white allies interested in deepening their understanding of the connections between racial justice work and domestic and sexual violence intervention and prevention work.
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October 2015
EITC and Child Tax Credit Promote Work, Reduce Poverty, and Support Children’s Development, Research Finds
Publisher(s):This article cites to research evidencing that the EITC and CTC lead to improved infant and maternal health, better school performance, greater college enrollment, increased work and earnings in the next generation, and Social Security retirement benefits.
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September 2015
The Gender Wage Gap: 2014
Publisher(s): This fact sheet shows that the ratio of women's to men's median weekly earnings for full-time workers was 78.6 in 2014, making the gender wage gap for full-time/year-round workers 21.4 percent.