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This 2 page fact sheet talks about prisoner rape victims being highly vulnerable to contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

This 2 page fact sheet talks about sexual violence in detention and how the general public knows so little about the reality of sexual abuse behind bars.

This 2 page fact sheet that talks about the devastating consequences of sexual violence in detention and the extreme challenges that survivors must face.

This 2 page fact sheet that talks about sexual abuse in prisons and jails across the U.S.

$200 million to put approximately 16,000 additional AmeriCorps members to work doing national service, meeting critical community needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.

Federal Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service offers discretionary competitive grants to nonprofit organizations, faith-based communities, higher education institutions, and public agencies.

The U.S. Department of Education must provide funding to States within 60 days of enactment, and States must provide funding to school districts within 120 days of receipt of funding.

Federal Agency: Department of Education - federal formula grant to all 50 states

$100 million to help local community organizations provide food, shelter, and support services to the nation's hungry, homeless, and people in economic crisis including one-month utility payments to prevent service cut-off and one-month rent or mortgage assistance to prevent evictions or help people leave shelters. Funds are distributed by formula based on unemployment and poverty rates by FEMA.

Federal Agency: FEMA federal competitive grant

Under current law, businesses can claim a work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) equal to 40 percent of the first $6,000 of wages paid to employees who are members of one of nine targeted groups. Employees must work at least 400 hours to be counted for the full credit.

The brief highlights the role that financial education plays in the future of Native Americans, focusing on the following five policy priorities and related recommendations.

$400,000,000 is provided for services. Of this total, $250,000,000 is to be used for reemployment services to connect unemployment insurance claimants to employment and training opportunities that will facilitate their reentry into employment.

It includes evaluations of the asset strategies for the Native American community.

This report provides the first national estimates of the effects of individual development accounts on participants in the Assets for Independence program.

This article addresses concerns regarding low-income individuals gaining self-sufficiency. It outlines specific policies states should adopt including asset limits and allowing funding for IDAs by private and state resources.

This guide provides data and other information regarding creating asset building for children.

This report has general information about IDA, as well as, general guide principles for using IDAs. It includes a chart outlining federal guidelines.

This study uses statistics to analyze the position of poor children in both urban and rural environments. The report takes into consideration type of job and ethnicity, as well as, location.

This presentation outlines some of the challenges facing homeless children, and explains the McKinney-Vento Act and how it can help children. The document also has information about Early Childhood Special Education and Headstart.

Provides tips, tools and exercises to guide the development of a Community Action Team in your neighborhood, city, faith-based group, school or place of employment. Designed primarily for use by domestic violence and public health organizations.

Developed for educators and others working with youth as one option to address dating violence in schools. It includes background information, lesson plans, educator sheets, student surveys and handouts, as well as a poster in both English and Spanish.

This web seminar discusses strategies for working with men and boys to prevent intimate partner violence.