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04/03/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Dr. John Hope Franklin—Scholar, Teacher, Activist, Friend"
On March 25 beloved historian John Hope Franklin, the nation’s leading scholar of African American history, passed away at age 94. Dr. Franklin became a scholar of Black history at a time when many other “experts” didn’t believe there was anything about African American history worth studying. -
03/31/09
Cradle to Prison Pipeline® State Factsheets
These factsheets provide basic state-level data on the various issues related to the pipeline including poverty, health care, early childhood education, education, child welfare, juvenile justice system and incarceration, and community violence. They also provide action steps needed to protect and reroute children from the pipeline. -
03/30/09
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in Mississippi (March 2009)
Low-income families in Mississippi lost $61.4 million of their Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits to high-interest, short-term loans, tax preparation fees and other financial products issued by commercial tax preparers. The new report "Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in New York" by the Children's Defense Fund asks and provides examples of ways that individuals, communities and policy makers to step up and take action to lift children out of poverty by helping their working families keep more of the benefits they've earned. -
03/30/09
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in California (March 2009)
Low-income families in California lost $322.7 million of their Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits to high-interest, short-term loans, tax preparation fees and other financial products issued by commercial tax preparers. The new report "Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in California" by the Children's Defense Fund asks and provides examples of ways that individuals, communities and policy makers to step up and take action to lift children out of poverty by helping their working families keep more of the benefits they've earned. -
03/30/09
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in Ohio (March 2009)
Low-income families in Ohio lost $105.2 million of their Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits to high-interest, short-term loans, tax preparation fees and other financial products issued by commercial tax preparers. The new report "Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in Ohio" by the Children's Defense Fund asks and provides examples of ways that individuals, communities and policy makers to step up and take action to lift children out of poverty by helping their working families keep more of the benefits they've earned. -
03/30/09
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in New York (March 2009)
Low-income families lost $199.5 million of their Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits to high-interest, short-term loans, tax preparation fees and other financial products issued by commercial tax preparers. "Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans in New York" asks and provides examples of ways that individuals, communities and policy makers to step up and take action to lift children out of poverty by helping their working families keep more of the benefits they've earned. -
03/30/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Important Free Help at Tax Time"
Mabel Pichardo is a self-employed mother of two young children from New York City. She earned approximately $31,000 last year making ends meet through three different freelance jobs. In 2008, she had her tax returns prepared for free at the nonprofit Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation... -
03/23/09
The New Economic Recovery Law: Resources to Help Children and the Economy
CDF gathered useful materials from federal agencies, congressional sources, and advocacy and other organizations so you can begin familiarizing yourself with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funding and program activities available in your state and community. To ensure that children and families truly benefit from these increased funds, it is important to identify funding coming into your state that can be used to invest in children, families, and communities. These links will be updated on a regular basis, so check back frequently. -
03/20/09
Marian Wright Edelman's Child Watch® Column: "Dentists Remember and Respond to a Child’s Preventable Death"
To the horror of us all, Deamonte Driver, a seventh grader from Prince George's County, Maryland, died of complications from an abscessed tooth on February 25, 2007. The outrage is that Deamonte’s life could have been saved by routine dental visits and an $80 extraction. -
03/16/09
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans
This report finds that low-income families lose billions to predatory commercial tax preparers and highlights the importance of tax credits for working families in tough economic times.
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