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Benefits for Working Families Assistance to Cities
Questions about Connecting Working Families with Public Benefits? YEF Institute staff are standing by to assist you and to answer your questions on how to connect families in your community with the Earned Income Tax Credit, food stamps, health insurance, and other state and federal benefits.
Please contact Heidi Goldberg at (202) 626-3069 or goldberg@nlc.org, Sarah Bainton Kahn at (202) 626-3044 or bainton@nlc.org, or Laura McComas at (202) 626-3056 or mccomas@nlc.org. |
Technical Assistance Projects
2009 Bank on Cities Campaign
NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute) has selected eight new cities to participate in a second phase of the Bank On Cities Campaign, a technical assistance project aimed at helping municipal leaders connect low- and moderate-income families to mainstream financial services and products. The cities selected for the project include Bryan, Texas; Denver; Gaithersburg, Md.; Indianapolis; Louisville, Ky.; Newark, N.J.; Rapid City, S.D.; and St. Petersburg, Fla.
Background Information on the Bank On Cities Campaign »
Bank On Cities Campaign (2008-09)
The YEF Institute has launched a Bank On Cities Campaign to help cities replicate Bank On San Francisco, which connects residents with mainstream financial services.
Read About the Project in this Nation's Cities Weekly Special Report (9/4/08) »
Background Information on the Bank On Cities Campaign »
Learn About the Bank On Cities Roundtable Meeting (9/22/08) »
Helping Working Families Project (2004)
In 2004, the YEF Institute provided technical assistance to six cities to help them design or enhance outreach strategies to connect working families to multiple state and federal benefits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, food stamps, and the Children's Health Insurance Program. These cities included Cleveland, Ohio; Memphis, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Wis.; New Haven, Conn.; Oakland, Calif.; and Seattle, Wash.
To learn more about this project and the Institute's efforts to help city leaders connect families with key state and federal benefits, contact Heidi Goldberg at (202) 626-3069 or goldberg@nlc.org.
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