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One veteran's path to self-sufficiency and independence
Staff at Volunteers of America of North Louisiana (VOANL) have found that one of the biggest challenges for homeless veterans is developing a long-term vision.
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Top 10 steps to improved financial health
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RAISE Texas: moving Texans towards financial success
What began several years ago as a network of matched savings programs to encourage low-income Texans to save has blossomed into a statewide, comprehensive asset-building movement now known as RAISE Texas.
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EITC eligibility
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Low-income housing tax credits in Texas: achievements and challenges
As the LIHTC program faces the biggest challenges of its nearly 25-year history, it's imperative to look holistically at the evolution and distribution patterns of this housing production program. This issue provides a program overview, a current market-condition analysis and an update on recent regulatory changes.
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Upcoming CRA-related conferences and CRA roundtables
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A national perspective on asset building
Leigh Tivol, senior program manager with the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) in Washington, D.C., presented the national perspective on the asset-building movement at the RAISE Texas Action Summit in April.>
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Concentrated poverty in the eleventh district
This issue of Banking and Community Perspectives analyzes the dynamics of concentrated poverty in rural and urban settings.
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Community outlook survey
In July 2010, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas launched the Community Outlook Survey, a quarterly online survey to assess community and economic development in the Eleventh District of the Federal Reserve System--Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico. ; This seven-question survey focuses on changes in financial well-being for low- and moderate-income (LMI) populations as well as service providers' capacity to serve the needs of these clients. The Bank uses providers' responses to measure increases / decreases / unchanged conditions from the previous quarter as well as ...