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Federal Programs & Policies
Publications on Federal Programs & Policies | Viewing 1-5 of 146. Most recent posts listed first. | Next Page >> | Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families (Series/New Safety Net)One-third of America's families with children are low income, meaning their incomes fall below twice the federal poverty level. Although four in five of these families work, many don't bring home enough to cover the everyday costs of living. In this essay, Acs and Turner outline their proposals to enhance low-income families' purchasing power and reduce unusually high housing costs through a package of reforms and policy initiatives that tackle both the income side and expenditure side of family budgets. | Publication Date: July 16, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF | Making Work Pay Enough - Summary (Series/New Safety Net)One-third of America's families with children are low income, meaning their incomes fall below twice the federal poverty level. Although four in five of these families work, many don't bring home enough to cover the everyday costs of living. In this essay, Acs and Turner outline their proposals to enhance low-income families' purchasing power and reduce unusually high housing costs through a package of reforms and policy initiatives that tackle both the income side and expenditure side of family budgets. | Publication Date: July 16, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF | Review of "Making Work Pay Enough" (Series/New Safety Net)This paper is a response to New Safety Net Paper 1, "Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families" by Gregory Acs and Margery Austin Turner. | Publication Date: July 16, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF | Using the Housing We Have (Series/New Safety Net)This paper is a response to New Safety Net Paper 1, "Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families" by Gregory Acs and Margery Austin Turner. | Publication Date: July 16, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF | The Chicago Family Case Management Demonstration: Developing a New Model for Serving "Hard to House" Public Housing Families (Research Report)The Chicago Family Case Management Demonstration is an innovative initiative designed to meet the challenges of serving the Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA) "hard to house"; residents. It involves a unique partnership of city agencies, service providers, researchers, and private foundations, all with a deep commitment to finding solutions for the most vulnerable families affected by the CHA's Plan for Transformation. The rigorous evaluation allows for continuous learning and mid-course corrections, and helped the team develop a validated model that other housing authorities can use. This report highlights the lessons learned during the first year implementation of the Demonstration. | Publication Date: June 24, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
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