Economic Justice Content Topic Results
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- General Material
October 2005
Efforts to Promote Children's Economic Security Must Address Needs of Hard-Working Immigrant Families
Publisher(s):This brief covers data and statistics on low-income children in the U.S. living in immigrant families. The brief includes an overview of federal and state policy involving immigrant access to vital services/public benefits, e.g. food stamps.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
September 2005
Expanding Economic Advocacy Beyond Welfare: Highlights and Lessons Learned from the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This issue profiles the vanguard efforts of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence as they respond to the economic-related needs faced by battered women and their children.
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- General Material
August 2005
TANF: State Approaches to Screening for Domestic Violence Could Benefit from HHS Guidance
Publisher(s):This Government Accounting Office (GAO) report on federal and state implementation of the Family Violence Option recommends that HHS identify and promote promising practices.
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- General Material
June 2005
The Demand for Victims of Sex Trafficking
Examines sex trafficking from the 'demand' side, focusing on the role of 'exploiters' and the 'state' as two components.
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- General Material
April 2005
The 2004 Fair Lending Disparities: Stubborn and Persistent
Publisher(s):This NCRC survey discusses HMDA data from 15 large lending institutions. The executive summary describes chronic fair lending disparities primarily affecting communities of color, women, and low and moderate-income borrowers.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 2005
BCS Connecting Institute Seminar Overview
Publisher(s):This issue of the BCS newsletter reviews the initial event of the Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence Connecting to Build Comprehensive Solutions Institute.&The Connecting Institute Tampa Seminar, held November 2004, is the featured story. This main article summarizes activities, philosophy, and highlights of the Connecting Institute's kick-off gathering of 15 (fifteen) state teams.& Lessons learned are highlighted. The newsletter also includes a listing of relevant written materials.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
April 2005
Economic Education Programs for Battered Women: Lessons Learned from Two Settings
Publisher(s):This 18th paper in the BCSDV series discusses economic education, sometimes also called, "financial or economic literacy." The discussion describes well-established economic education programs based in domestic violence agencies in Iowa and St. Louis, Missouri and explores the effects of different settings on program development and evolution. The authors share the lessons learned from these programs' experiences and key issues to consider when developing economic education programs for battered women.
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- General Material
April 2005
A Tribal Leader's Guide to Launching an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign
Publisher(s):This manual is designed for Native American leaders and community members who are interested in launching an EITC awareness campaign. It begins with an overview of the EITC, explains how the EITC can benefit Native American communities, provides concrete strategies, tips and a timeline, and includes additional resources.
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- General Material
February 2005
Marriage and the TANF Rules: A Discussion Paper
Publisher(s):The paper summarizes the research addressing the effects of TANF on family formation and suggests policies that would neither discourage marriage nor disadvantage children being raised in single-parent families.
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- General Material
January 2005
24 C.F.R. §960.206(b)(4)
Publisher(s):(providing that for public housing a PHA should consider whether to adopt a local preference for admission of families that include victims of domestic violence)
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- Training Tools
January 2005
For an Economy that Works for All: A tool kit for advocates for low-wage workers - Part Two: Advocacy
Publisher(s):This tool kit includes data on low-wage workers, fact sheets on work and child poverty, reports on public perceptions of poor people and the economy, suggested messages, descriptions of framing, and a guide for journalists on how to talk about low-wage work.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
November 2004
Generating Resources for Battered Women via Community Empowerment
Publisher(s):This issue profiles the community organizing and community-based organization (CBO) capacity building approach of the Community Empowerment Program (CEP) of CONNECT, Inc. of New York City.