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January 2013

Closing the Gap: Integrating Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence Experiencing Homelessness, A Toolkit for Transitional Housing Programs

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By laying the groundwork to understand the intersection between domestic violence and homelessness, this toolkit offers practical strategies that providers can follow to improve service integration.
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  • General Material
January 2013

Results from the 2013 IDA Program Survey

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The purpose of the 2013 IDA Program Survey is to educate and inform the IDA field by gathering critical information from IDA programs nationwide.
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  • General Material
November 2012

Choosing a Credit Counselor

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This webpage provides tips on obtaining a reputable credit counseling organization or agency, including questions to ask to help find the best counselor. It also provides background information on debt management plans as well as other debt relief options.
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  • General Material
September 2012

Guidance for AFI Grantees Concerning Treatment of Refundable Tax Credits

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This update provides tips for AFI grantees on the effect of the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, American Opportunity Credit, and the Making Work Pay Credit on eligibility for participating in an AFI-funded IDA project and depositing the credits as IDA savings.
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May 2012

AFI Legislation: Assets for Independence Act 42 USC 604

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This webpage provides the actual statutory language of the Act that sets criteria for IDAs under the AFI program.
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  • Training Tools
  • General Material
April 2012

Assets for Independence (AFI) Serving Domestic Violence Survivors Toolkit

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This toolkit provides step-by-step guidance to bring partnerships from concept to reality, and contains answers to such questions as how to structure these partnerships and define the roles and responsibilities of each party, as well as how AFI grantees and DV service providers can launch their first conversations toward partnering.
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  • General Material
February 2012

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC): What DV Victim Advocates Should Know to Help Survivors

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This webinar is designed to help state and local domestic violence advocates learn more about the EITC and other tax credits, and why free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) tax preparation sites are an important community resource for survivors. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the federal government's largest program benefiting low-wage working families, but the IRS estimates that 20 to 25 percent of qualifying taxpayers miss out on thousands of dollars every year because they fail to claim it. This webinar is designed to help state and local domestic violence advocates learn more about the EITC and other tax credits, and why free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) tax preparation sites are an important community resource for survivors.
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  • General Material
January 2012

Financial Literacy for Newcomers: Weaving Immigrant Needs into Financial Education

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It includes online resources, a snapshot of participating programs across the country, and sample interview questions when working on financial literacy with immigrant populations.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
November 2011

Asset Building Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors, an Interview with Cynthia Sanders

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In this podcast, Sheetal Rana of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse interviews Cynthia Sanders, author on the VAWnet Applied Research paper: Asset Building Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors. Dr. Sanders discusses the importance of asset building to domestic violence survivors, key themes from the research, and implications for new directions in policy, programs, and practice.
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  • NRCDV Publications
  • General Material
November 2011

Asset Building Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors

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This Applied Research paper discusses asset building programs, including some of the benefits of asset ownership and the importance of such programs for domestic violence survivors. The lack of literature on asset building and domestic violence issues is highlighted, implying a need for further research.
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  • General Material
August 2011

2009-2010 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard

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This page provides an overview of state IDA policies and scores for each state based on four key elements.
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  • General Material
June 2011

Reducing the College Progress Gap between Low- to Moderate-income and High-income Young Adults

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This is a summary of new research examining various types of economic capital (assets) and the connection to predicting whether individuals of low and moderate income attend and succeed in college.