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Latest News

HNR: Congress Enacts Medicaid and Education Aid Urgently Needed by States (8/11/10)
Rockefeller Institute: State & Local Employment Down Since Start of Recession (8/10/10)
EPI: State and Local Job Losses Threaten Recovery (8/9/10)
Op-Ed by Deborah Weinstein in the Huffington Post: The Recession Generation: Congress Must Act Now to Prevent Long-Term Damage (7/27/10)
Press Release: Recession Generation Report Shows Impact of Recession on Children and Young Adults (7/26/10)
HNR: Unemployment Benefits Restored for Millions of Workers (7/26/10)


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Policy Analyses and Research

CBPP: July 30 Data Release Will Capture Only a Portion of the Jobs Created or Saved by the Recovery Act (7/30/10)
CBPP: Going, Going, Almost Gone: Job-Creating TANF Emergency Fund Set to Expire. Fund Will Help Place 240,000 Unemployed Individuals in Jobs by End of September (7/26/10)
CHN: The Recession Generation: Preventing Long-term Damage from Child Poverty and Young Adult Joblessness (7/23/10)
CBPP: Recession Continues to Batter State Budgets; State Responses Could Slow Recovery (updated 7/15/10)
Children's HealthWatch: Healthy Families in Hard Times: Solutions for Multiple Family Hardships (June 2010)
CAP: Tax Extenders 101: A Primer on Job Creation and Relief for American Families (5/19/10)
EPI: Cheaper Than You Think: Why Smart Efforts to Spur Jobs Cost Less Than Advertised (5/18/10)
EPI: The Class of 2010: Economic Prospects for Young Adults in the Recession (5/11/10)
CBPP: TANF Emergency Fund Extension Has Wide Support (5/3/10)

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Resources

Initial Implementing Guidance for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from the Office of Management and Budget (2/18/09)

CCDBG: What's in the law? from CLASP (2009). Explains the flexibility states have to spend economic recovery funds within the CCDBG law.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Temporary Extra Medicaid Funding in the Economic Recovery Package from Families USA (2/24/09)

How Much Restored Child Support Funding Will Each State Receive Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? from CLASP (2/13/09)

Chart of Provisions that Promote Shared Recovery in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from CHN (2/17/09)

Comparison Table of House and Senate Economic Recovery Bills from CHN (2/3/09)

CHN: Economic Recovery Talking Points (2/2/09)

CHN: Towards Shared Recovery: Essential Steps to Reverse a Long and Deep Recession (updated 12/8/08) full report

Summary pieces on ways to boost the economy by topic area:

Families USA: Medicaid Calculator - calculate how much your state stands to lose in jobs, wages, and business activity if it cuts Medicaid to help balance the budget. (Updated April 2008)

 

 


Audio Briefings

Jobs: A Webinar on What the Federal Government Must Do
January 28, 2010

Sponsored by organizations who are part of Jobs for America Now.

Advocating for Jobs and Economic Recovery Legislation
January 6, 2009
Sponsored by USAction & CHN

The Economic Crisis:
How we Got into this Mess.
What We as a Nation and as Advocates Can Do About It.

October 30, 2008

(To view the webcast and scroll through the presentation slides simultaneously first click to view the webcast then click for the presentation slides. Minimize and adjust the window with the presentation slides so that you can see the webcast on the same screen.)

 

Towards Shared Recovery Webinar
April 25, 2008



 

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