Financial Literacy / Asset Building Content Topic Results
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May 2011
Facilitating Savings and Asset Ownership among Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):This paper provides an overview of the importance of savings and asset accumulation for survivors, and details surveys of survivors participating in IDA programs.
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- General Material
April 2011
A Reference Manual for Child Tax Benefits
Publisher(s):This manual describes a number of child-related provisions in the individual income tax code, and describes the specific benefits for each targeted group.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
March 2011
Scholarships, Financial Aid, and Student Loans for Education
Publisher(s):These sites provide information and access to databases that will aid the individual in funding education beyond high school. Grants,scholarships, loans, and work-study programs are described in detail.
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- General Material
January 2011
2010-2011 IDA Program Survey
Publisher(s):This report provides findings from a survey of IDA programs across the country. The results include key aspects of the IDA field including information on accountholders, common asset purchases, and funding sources, as well as resource gaps of the field.
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- General Material
January 2011
Building Economic Security in America's Cities
Publisher(s):This is a comprehensive overview of various strategies local communities are using to increase assets and economic stability. Topics include access to financial education and counseling, income supports and tax credits, and the policies and systems change needed to successfully implement the strategies.
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- General Material
January 2011
Taking Stock of Ten Years of Research on the Relationship Between Assets and Children's Educational Outcomes: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Intervention
Publisher(s):This paper reviews the relationship between assets and children's long-term educational attainment, and highlights Child Development Accounts (CDAs) as an important asset in this equation.
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- General Material
December 2010
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
The Act was passed and signed into law in December 2010. It extends Bush-era tax cuts, unemployment insurance, and specific provisions under ARRA including key tax credit programs for families.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2010
Economic Empowerment of Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper reviews and critiques the existing literature on economic abuse experienced by domestic violence survivors and selected economic empowerment programs designed to address such abuse and its aftermath.
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- General Material
July 2010
Saving for Post-secondary Education in American Indian Communities
Publisher(s):This research brief provides a summary of a larger study examining the trends of post-secondary education saving among in American Indian communities.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
May 2010
Economic Justice Curriculum: Moving Ahead Through Financial Management, Module Three: Mastering Credit Basics
Publisher(s): This module explains how to access and read your credit report and better understand your credit score.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
May 2010
Financial Empowerment Curriculum: Moving Ahead Through Financial Management
Publisher(s):The Moving Ahead Through Financial Management curriculum offers a range of information from basic money and financial management principles to advanced financial planning. It is divided into five separate modules.
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- General Material
April 2010
Improving Access to Public Benefits: Helping Eligible Individuals and Families Get the Income Supports they Need
Publisher(s):This report describes the barriers to access, efforts across the country to reduce these barriers, and the preliminary results of those efforts. The author concludes with strategies for improving awareness and outreach, and state benefits policies.