The Poverty and Economic Security Roundtable periodically releases collections of relevant events and research on poverty-related issues.
You can view our most recent digests here by clicking on the links to download PDF documents.
- July 2010 Resource Digest
Last Regional Conference; Alliance for Economic Inclusion Meetings; How the Great Recession Has Changed Life in America: A Balance Sheet at 30 Months; PolicyforResults.org; A Template for Success: the FDIC's Small-Dollar Loan Pilot Program; Texas Tuition Promise Fund: Using College Savings to Increase College Success
- June 2010 Resource Digest
Council on Children and Families Holds Public Meeting, Nominations for 2010 EIFLE Awards Accepted Until July 30th, Asset Funders Network Webinar Series 2010, Financial Education in the Workplace Webinar, Texas Credit Union Conducts Free Training Session, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders 2010 Summit, The Assets Report 2010, Assets & Opportunities Special Report: The Financial Security of Households with Children, Diverted Opportunity: Refund Anticipation Loans Drain Wealth from Low Wealth Tax Filers and Communities of Color, Mango Opens in Austin, The Racial Wealth Gap Increases Fourfold, Texas Congressman Signs CNR Letter
- May 2010 Resource Digest
Regional Conferences Update, Promise Neighborhoods Grant Application Package, Latest SNAP/Food Stamp Participation Numbers Reveal 39.7 Million Americans Received SNAP/Food Stamps in February 2010, Payday Loan Firm Faces Lawsuits, Complaints Over Collections, SNAP/Food Stamps Outreach and Access Toolkit, Study Links Savings Accounts to Higher Math Scores for Children, Texas Launches Statewide Summer Meals Challenge
- April 2010 Resource Digest
Increase Funding for VITA, Input Needed to Track Progress of TANF, Two-Part Webinar on the Supplemental Poverty Measure, Regional Asset Building Conference, Center for American Progress Federal Poverty Measure Video and Article, Civil Rights Project Report, Podcast about Implications of Inequitable School Funding, Payday Protection Article
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March 2010 Resource Digest II
Joint House Committee Hearings, New Anti-Payday Lending Site, 2010 Financial Education Quarterly Teleconference, Costly Cash: In Texas, Towns Try Zoning Out PayDay Lenders, US Senator Seeks Junk Food Ban, School Lunch Boost, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture visits Logan Thursday
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March 2010 Resource DigestSmart Kid Essay Contest, Financial Fitness Greater Austin Meeting, Webcast and Forum on Public Housing and Its Most Vulnerable Families, First Financial Education Teleconference, Quick Tips for Consumers over the Internet, Analysis: What does the Bible say about lending policies, Costly Cash: How a Retiree Wound Up with 375% Loan, Cost Savings Analysis Readiness in MI, Illinois Families and Their Multiple Systems Approach
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January/February 2010 Resource Digest
EITC Awareness Day, Alliance for Economic Inclusion, Census 2010, America Saves Week, interim charges, CFED's new website, Diploma attainment among teen mothers, America's poor children, work supports, revising TANF in 2010, recession's effect on child povertyFor more information on family economic security issues, check out our Recommended Readings page.
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