Poverty Reduction-Policy Directors' Webinar Briefing-December 3, 2008
On Wednesday, December 3, Mark Greenberg (Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress), Jodie Levin-Epstein (Deputy Director, Center for Law and Social Policy), and Amy Rynell (Director, Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty) will discuss steps that state executives can take to combat the rise of poverty in their states. Practical, cost-effective solutions will be highlighted.
Play Webinar Now:
Watch Presentation by Jodie Levin-Epstein (Center for Law and Social Policy) and Mark Greenberg (Center for American Progress)
Watch Presentation by Amy Rynell (Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty)
Powerpoint Presentations:
Jodie Levin-Epstein (Deputy Director, Center for Law and Social Policy) and Mark Greenberg (Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress):
Why Tackle Poverty? - Poverty Reduction Strategies
Presenter Bios:
Bios for Presenters on Poverty Reduction Briefing
Additional Materials:
Growth in poverty:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Recession Could Cause Large Increases in Poverty and Push Millions into Deep Poverty
Unemployment Insurance:
Center for American Progress Action Fund, Half in Ten and National Employment Law Project: Helping the Jobless Helps Us All: The Central Role of Unemployment Insurance in American’s Economic Recovery
Marice Emsellem, Andrew Stettner and Omar Semidey: The New Congress Proposes $7 Billion in Incentive Payments for States to Modernize the Unemployment Insurance Program
National Employment Law Project
SNAP/Food Stamp:
California Association of Food Banks: http://www.myfoodstamps.org/aboutsite.html
Food Research Action Center: Food Stamp Participation Gaps in Coverage
Food Research Action Center: Food Stamp Participation: Bolstering Food Stamp Program’s Counter-cyclical Impact Critical in Coming Months
EITC Resource:
National Community Tax Coalition
Brookings: EITC-Eligible Taxpayers: Economic and Demographic Characteristics
TANF Coverage and Subsidized jobs
Center for Law and Social Policy: Transitional Jobs: Helping TANF Recipients with Barriers to Employment Success in the Labor Market
Center for Law and Social Policy and National Transitional Jobs Network:Increasing Opportunities: Creating and Expanding Transitional Jobs Programs for TANF Recipients under the Deficit Reduction Act
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Center for Law and Social Policy: Implementing the TANF Changes in the Deficit Reduction Act: “Win-Win” Solutions for Families and States
Community Jobs Program, Washington State
GoodWorks! Georgia Department of Labor
Transitional Work Corporation, Philadelphia
Transitional Jobs Network
Protections from Foreclosure and Pay Day Loans
Center for Housing Policy and National Housing Conference
Center for American Progress: Growing the Middle Class Anti-Payday Lending State Legislative Strategies
Center for Law and Social Policy Deputy Director and Senior Policy Analyst Jodie Levin-Epstein: Strategies to Help Struggling Homeowners and Address Predatory Lending