Asset and Wealth Development
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Featured Publications
Pursuit of the Dream: Building Credit for Life (Video)
2010
A good credit rating will save the average borrower $250,000 in interest over a lifetime. But some 70 million Americans either have poor credit scores or no credit history at all. The documentary includes tips for building a good score and for avoiding money traps that can drag down credit ratings.
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Building Family Economic Success: Foreclosure
2009
For many families, foreclosure signifies not only the loss of a home but also the loss of accumulated equity and good credit. Foreclosure can also affect employment, social networks, and threaten the strength and resiliency of an entire community. This brief details the Casey Foundation’s strategy to help families prevent economic setbacks including foreclosure while still promoting economic success and asset building among the most vulnerable families.
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Building Assets, Strengthening Families in Baltimore
2011
This report provides an overview of the key components of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s financial stability activities for low-income families in Baltimore and, increasingly, the state of Maryland. It is a case study of how this multipronged strategy has been developed and implemented in Baltimore and offers insights for others doing this important work in their communities.
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The Re-Emergence of Concentrated Poverty: Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s
2011
An analysis of data on neighborhood poverty suggests that the strong economy of the late 1990s did not permanently resolve the challenge of concentrated poverty. The slower economic growth of the 2000s, followed by the worst downturn in decades, led to increases in neighborhoods of extreme poverty once again.
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Restoring Shared Prosperity: Strategies to Cut Poverty and Expand Economic Growth
2011
This report describes the Half in Ten campaign, which was launched in 2008 to achieve the goal of cutting poverty in half in 10 years through three major initiatives: raising the minimum wage, making the tax code work better for low income families, and enabling workers who are eligibile to have child care services.
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Women and Men Living on the Edge: Economic Insecurity After the Great Recession
2011
This IWPR/Rockefeller Survey of Economic Security finds that the effects of the 2007–2009 recession are both broad and deep, and that more than one and a half years after the recession came to an official end, many women and men report that they are still suffering significant hardships.
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Ten Years of the EITC Movement: Making Work Pay Then and Now
2011
This report discusses why the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is an important credit for America’s working families because it encourages work and reduces poverty.
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