April 17, 2007
Helping Hispanics Find Jobs Requires Customized Approach
From Ascribe Newsfeed: Two out of three community-based Goodwill agencies are helping Hispanics find jobs, but a majority say a large percentage of the population is not getting what they need. A three-year Goodwill research project, funded by a grant...
April 16, 2007
Statement on College Loan Scandal: 'Another Sign That Our Debt-for-Diploma, Profit-Dominated Federal Student Aid System Needs Serious Reform'
From Ascribe Newsfeed: "The recent investigation by the New York Attorney General has revealed yet another deep flaw with our current system of federal financial aid. "With the revelations that financial aid offices promoted certain student loan issuers in exchange...
Kennedy Wants Lenders Blocked From Data
From washingtonpost.com : The chairman of the Senate education committee urged the Bush administration yesterday to block student loan companies from accessing a national database that holds confidential information on tens of millions of students. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), came...
Tax Credit Seen as Helping More Parents
From NYT > Washington: More than one in six taxpayers in 2004 received the Earned Income Tax Credit, highlighting its growing role in bolstering the incomes of struggling low-income parents, a report found. Read more from this post....
Recent income gains went to those with highest income
From Economic Policy Institute: The most-recent data shows that, despite steady GDP and productivity growth, those in the bottom 90% of the income scale saw a loss in market income, while those at the very pinnacle enjoyed tremendously strong growth....
April 12, 2007
Making Markets An Asset for Lower Income, Working Families
Brookings Institution: Public and private leaders have a substantial, and widely overlooked, opportunity today to help lower income families get ahead by bringing down the inflated prices they pay for basic necessities, such as food and housing. In general, lower...
Government Program Helps Families Stay in their Homes
HUD News Release : More than 36,500 families have been able to stay in their homes and avoid foreclosure this year thanks to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration (FHA) comprehensive lending relief measures. The...
April 10, 2007
SeniorCare to Lose Federal Funding
From washingtonpost.com: The program created by Wisconsin five years ago to help low-income seniors get prescription drugs serves 104,000 people and, state officials say, has saved the federal government $669 million in Medicaid costs. Jim Doyle (D) and seniors advocates...
April 09, 2007
Richer and Poorer: Income Inequality in Los Angeles
The UCLA Anderson Forecast Income inequality as measured by pre-tax incomes has become progressively worse in the United States since 1970. In this article we look at the indicators of inequality in Los Angeles and contrast them to the trends...
April 05, 2007
New Report Finds Policy Changes Needed to Make Work Pay in Illinois
National Center for Children in Poverty: In Illinois, as in other states across the country, even a worker employed full-time does not always earn enough to support a family. A new report from the National Center for Children in Poverty...
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