Public Benefits Content Topic Results
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Special Collection
Special Collection
January 2019
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Other Tax Credits
This collection highlights key resources for the EITC, the Child Tax Credit, Health Coverage Tax Credits, and others, highlighting resources specific to domestic violence survivors and advocates working with survivors.
Special Collection
March 2016
Building Credit and Assets: Helping Survivors Recover from Economic Abuse
This special collection explores credit, asset building, and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), their intersections, and how they can be leveraged to better support economic justice for survivors of domestic violence.
Special Collection
January 2006
Welfare and Domestic Violence
This collection includes materials related to welfare, now known as the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), with a particular focus on the Family Violence Option and related provisions and their implementation at the federal and state level.
Materials
Materials
- General Material
November 2019
Disability and Earned Income Tax Credit
Publisher(s):This webpage provides information about what disability benefits apply as earned income for EITC, claiming a qualifying child with a disability, and more.
Materials
- General Material
November 2018
Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010: Information Center
Publisher(s):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. This page provides an overview of the Act and implications for tax payers.
Materials
- General Material
April 2018
Compensation Considerations for Self-Advocates Receiving Government Benefits
Publisher(s): This tip sheet gives basic information on some government means-tested benefits programs for people with disabilities and explains the potential effects that receiving compensation may have on their benefits. It also guides readers to additional resources for people with disabilities and their advocates.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
January 2018
The Difference Between Surviving and Not Surviving: Public Benefits Programs and Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims' Economic Security
Publisher(s): For domestic violence and sexual assault victims, the public benefits programs that support basic economic security are of critical importance. This report discusses the findings from a 2017 survey of over 1,100 service providers. It details barriers survivors encounter when trying to access public benefits programs, cross-sector collaboration and systems-level advocacy, and possible legislative changes to these critical programs.
Materials
- General Material
January 2018
State-Funded Medical Assistance Programs
Publisher(s):This table presents a list of state funded programs that provide medical coverage for immigrants who are not eligible for federally funded Medicaid program.
Materials
- General Material
September 2017
Poverty, Domestic Violence, Social Inequality: What the New Poverty Data Tells Us About Addressing Domestic & Sexual Violence
Publisher(s): This report explores recently released poverty data from the U.S. Census Bureau and its implications for domestic violence advocacy.
Materials
- General Material
June 2017
Post-Assault Healthcare and Crime Victim Compensation for Immigrant Victims of Violence: Medical Coverage and Services for Immigrants
Publisher(s):This document provides a state-by-state break-down of benefits and protections available for immigrant survivors of violence. It also addresses eligibility requirements, coverage, requirements for receiving emergency contraception, the process to apply, and any other requirements necessary to receive benefits.
Materials
- General Material
February 2017
Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing for Immigrant Victims: Government Policies
Publisher(s):This document lists the polices issued by federal government agencies describing the legal rights of immigrant and Limited English Proficient (LEP) victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, human trafficking, child abuse, and the homeless to access emergency shelters and transitional housing from a wide array of programs.
Materials
- General Material
- Training Tools
February 2017
Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Federally Assisted Housing
Publisher(s):This webinar presentation and accompanying materials offer information on government funded programs providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, public and assisted housing to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking and dating violence.