Family Economic Success Newsletter
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s quarterly Family Economic Success (FES) Newsletter provides updates on activities, developments, and resources in the three major areas of FES—workforce development, family economic supports, and asset building. The goal of Casey's FES work is to promote specific strategies that enable parents to get jobs and advance in the workforce, increase their income, and build and protect a base of assets sufficient to secure a better future for their families.
Family Economic Success Newsletter – June 2009
The June issue includes discussion materials from a regional meeting on plans for using federal stimulus funds; a new feature story about helping individuals recover their driver’s licenses; new publications on workforce development and career pathways; and a new study on the importance of unemployment insurance reform for rural families. Other new publications include a look at low-income families in Washington, DC; using the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to help low-income families, and the impact of foreclosures on renters in the nation’s capital.
Family Economic Success Newsletter – March 2009
This month’s issue features strategies for helping low-income workers reach financial stability, a new report on rural women’s employment trends, federal funding sources for adult education programs, and recommendations from The Working Poor Families Project for targeting state stimulus funds.
Family Economic Success Newsletter – December 2008
Learn more about a wide variety of topics including new approaches to helping low-income communities build and maintain assets, workforce development tools, and successful reentry strategies. Also inside, read the new report from the Working Poor Families Project, entitled Still Working Hard, Still Falling Short.
Family Economic Success Newsletter – September 2008
In this month’s issue, find a variety of resources regarding community-organized prisoner reentry programs, workforce development, and shared ownership strategies for low-income families. Also inside, a comprehensive toolkit for community-based work support programs, as well as a new report on the future challenges facing the non-profit sector.
Family Economic Success Newsletter – May 2008
May's topics include events on the importance of car owndership for low-income workers, strategies to help low literacy/ low English proficiency adults, sustaining family-friendly workplaces, and approaches to rural family economic success. Also featured is a study on Maryland’s immigrant workforce and their contributions to the state’s economy.
Family Economic Success Newsletter – February 2008
Learn more about predatory lending practices in low-income communities, the challenges faced by working adults trying to obtain higher education, and the economic integration of immigrants throughout various Making Connections sites. Also inside, find a link to the new KIDS COUNT Data Center, providing informational resources for the 50 largest cities.
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