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Fiscal Cliff: Asset Building Impacts
Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,” also known as the fiscal cliff deal. As described in the New York Times and elsewhere, one of the key takeaways...
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How do Asset Limits Compare to the Asset Poverty Level?
Yesterday, the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) released its annual Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, a key resource for asset building researchers and policymakers that documents data...
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"Hunger is a Political Condition"
Last night I had the chance to attend an advance screening of “A Place at the Table,” a new documentary about hunger in America. Drawing upon the perspectives and experiences of families struggling...
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Hawai’i Poised to Eliminate its TANF Asset Test
After years of political organizing, research and advocacy, Hawai’i is poised to become the seventh U.S. state to eliminate the asset test for applicants to its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families...
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Asset Building News Week, February 25-March 1
The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...
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Double Whammy to College Affordability: New Reports Show College Costs Up but...
Fresh off the presses are two reports highlighting the dismal state of college affordability: the first was released Wednesday by the State Higher Education Executive Officer's Association showing that...
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Asset Limit Reforms Gain Momentum
Last month, we wrote about a recent push in Hawaii to eliminate the state’s TANF asset test. A new report and proposed legislation suggest that similar changes are on the horizon in Arkansas. Let’s...
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Warning: Solutions to non-Existent Problems Ahead
Or, so should have been labeled the justification to cut SNAP in the budget proposal from House Budget Chair Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) yesterday. Underlying this move was the need to increase integrity in...
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Asset Building News Week, March 11-15
The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...
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Hawai'i Eliminates its TANF Asset Test
In February, we reported that Hawai’i was on the verge of eliminating its TANF asset test. Yesterday, Governor Neil Abercrombie signed the bill, HB 868, and made it official.Hawai’i now joins six other...
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Asset Building News Week, April 22-26
The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...
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Poverty is on the Move, but Services Stay Put
As any parent will tell you, mobility is a game-changer. Once junior can crawl, gone are the days of leaving him on his playmat while you step away, however briefly, and expect him to be in the same...
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Illinois Senate Votes to Eliminate TANF Asset Limit
On Tuesday, the Illinois Senate voted to become the eighth state to eliminate its TANF asset test—and the second state thus far in 2013. This development reflects a longstanding trend initiated by the...
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An Assets Agenda for the States
Policy Ideas and Recent Developments May 23, 2013 Karen Harris, Illinois Asset Building Group Click here to download "An Assets Agenda for the States"Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and a “hard...
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Asset Building News Week, May 20-24
The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...
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CalWORKs’ Car Ban Keeps Families Poor
Editor's note: this post appears as an op-ed in today's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. It is authored by Judy Darnell, Director of Public Policy at United Ways of California, and Aleta...
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Guest Blog Post: States Fail to Make the Grade When Providing Economic Security
Editor's Note: This blog post is written by Matt Unrath, Director of National Projects at Wider Opportunities for Women. Matt oversees WOW’s national projects—The Family Economic Security Project, the...
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Editor's note: This blog post was authored by Courtney Eccles, Policy Director at the Woodstock Institute, and originally appeared on Woodstock's blog. Read more about the issue of asset limits on our...
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An Assets Agenda for the States
Policy Ideas and Recent Developments Karen Harris, Illinois Asset Building Group May 31, 2013"An Assets Agenda for the States" examines current state asset building efforts with an eye toward...
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Asset Building News Week, June 17-21
The Asset Building News Week is a weekly Friday feature on The Ladder, the Asset Building Program blog, designed to help readers keep up with news and developments in the asset building field. This...
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