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Press Release: Civil Legal Aid Programs Measure Their Impact - Study Shows Economic Benefits of Civil Legal Aid
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2012 For more information, contact: Leslie Corbett, Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, 312-938-2381, lcorbett@iejf.org Bob Glaves, The Chicago Bar Foundation, 312-554-1205, bglaves@chicagobar.org Jonah Kushner, Social IMPACT Research Center, 312-870-4956, JKushner@heartlandalliance.org Civil Legal Aid Programs Measure Their Impact Study Shows Economic Benefits of Civil Legal Aid (Chicago)… The Chicago Bar Foundation and the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation release
Category:ResearchReads:11Uploaded:05 / 24 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionLegal Aid in Illinois: Selected Social and Economic Benefits (Methodology Report)
Legal Aid in Illinois: Selected Social and Economic Benefits (Methodology Report) Acknowledgements This study, conducted by the Social IMPACT Research Center, was commissioned by The Chicago Bar Foundation, the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, the Illinois Bar Foundation, the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, and the Polk Bros. Foundation. Representatives of The Chicago Bar Foundation, the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, and the legal aid providers whose data were used
Category:ResearchReads:23Uploaded:05 / 24 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionLegal Aid in Illinois: Selected Social and Economic Benefits
Legal Aid in Illinois May 2012 Selected Social and Economic Benefits Jonah Kushner Prepared by the Social IMPACT Research Center for The Chicago Bar Foundation and the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation This study, conducted by the Social IMPACT Research Center, was commissioned by The Chicago Bar Foundation, the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, the Illinois Bar Foundation, the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois, and the Polk Bros. Foundation. Representatives of The Chicago Bar Foundati
Category:ResearchReads:43Uploaded:05 / 24 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionHunger Among Seniors in Cook County - May 2012
Hunger Among Seniors in Cook County An Analysis of Older Adult Federal Nutrition Programs Study conducted for the Greater Chicago Food Depository by the Social IMPACT Research Center May 2012 Study Information This study was conducted by the Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance. Research was led by Amy Terpstra with support from Jeffrey Fiore, Jonah Kushner, and Ethan Brown. The Social IMPACT Research Center (IMPACT) is a nonprofit organization that investigates today’s most pre
Category:(not categorized)Reads:69Uploaded:05 / 15 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionHunger Among Seniors in Cook County - Press Release
EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 15, 12:01 A.M. Contact: Bob Dolgan, bdolgan@gcfd.org, 773-843-7293, 773-447-1980 cell Study highlights importance of federal programs for older adults in Cook County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides majority of food assistance for low-income people over the age of 65; study shows need for strong nutrition safety net funding in next Farm Bill CHICAGO (May 15, 2012) ─ A study released today highlights the importance of federal nutrition programs for
Category:ResearchReads:7Uploaded:05 / 15 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionPower of Policy Change
This brief summarize anti-poverty policy simulations conducted by the Urban Institute for the Illinois Commission on the Elimination of Poverty,
Category:ResearchReads:307Uploaded:03 / 28 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionPress Release: State Budget Cuts to Human Services Could Cost Illinois Nearly 4,000 Jobs and Deliver a $458.5 Million Hit to the Economy
Release of Ramifications of State Budget Cuts to Human Services
Category:ResearchReads:34Uploaded:03 / 22 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionRamifications of State Budget Cuts to Human Services: Increases Jobs Loss, Decreases Economic Activity, Harms Vulnerable Populations
Ramifications of State Budget Cuts to Human Services: Increases Job Loss Decreases Economic Activity Harms Vulnerable Populations March 2012 Yerik Kaslow and Amy Terpstra Ramifications of State Budget Cuts to Human Services Paper Information Authors: Yerik Kaslow, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, and Amy Terpstra, Social IMPACT Research Center Founded in 2000, the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA) is a nonprofit, bi-partisan research and advocacy think tank commi
Category:ResearchReads:175Uploaded:03 / 22 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionChicago Neighborhood Indicators 2000-2010
2006-2010 ACS 5-Yr. Estimates aggregated to the community area level for all 77 Chicago Community Areas.
Category:(not categorized)Reads:121Uploaded:02 / 29 / 2012ShareAdd to collectionIMPACT Matters: February 2012
February 2012 New Report Release: Social IMPACT Research Center Evaluates Chicago Neighborhood JobStart, a Transitional Jobs Response to the Great Recession In 2010, the 2016 Fund for Chicago Neighborhoods and the Illinois Department of Human Services leveraged philanthropic funds and federal TANF Emergency Funds to create Chicago Neighborhood JobStart. JobStart placed low‐ income youth and adults from historically high‐ unemployment neighborhoods into temporary jobs with local employers, subsi
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