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Research & Reports: POLICY BRIEFS
TAX CREDITS
Keeping What
They've Earned: Working New Yorkers And Tax Credits
As the height of tax-filing season approaches, Americans
are being inundated with advertisements from commercial tax preparers
on some high-cost options for getting their taxes prepared. Many
of these commercial tax preparers are concentrated in low-income
neighborhoods and lure their clients with the promise of "Fast
Money," "Money Now" or "Rapid Refunds."
A vast number of these consumers, who because of their low incomes
are eligible for tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit
(EITC), end up paying high preparation fees and taking out high-interest
loans against their expected return. An estimated 68 percent of
people nationwide who claim the EITC use commercial tax preparers
to prepare their returns. Unfortunately, many low- to moderate-income
working Americans are often unaware of all their choices - including
free tax preparation such as Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
sites.
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HEALTH
Materials from 4/28 Child Health
Now! meeting
Download
Enrollment Trends
Testimony of the Children's Defense Fund -
New York
Fair Share Proposals for Health Care Costs
(PDF Format
- English)
Februrary 19, 2004:
Summary of Governor's Proposed Executive Budget 2004 - 2005
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Format )
Testimony
of the Children's Defense Fund - New York
New York State Joint Public Hearing
On the 2004-2005 Executive Budget Re: Health, Medicaid & Aging
Presented by Melinda Dutton, Esq., Director of Policy and Research
February 3, 2004
(PDF Format
- English)
HEAD START
June 19, 2003 Brief:
New York State Head Start Enrollment and Base Funding
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Format )
July 5, 2003 Brief:
BROKEN PROMISES: HOW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS FAILING AMERICA'S
POOREST CHILDREN-- REPORT
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Format )
GRANDPARENT AND
OTHER RELATIVE CAREGIVERS
April 27, 2004:
Testimony of Carlos Rodriguez at The Council of the City of New
York Committee on the Aging On the Crucial Role Grandparent and
other Relative Caregivers Play in the lives of children To EnsureTthese
Families Have the Supports They Need
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Format )
TAX CUTS
June 5, 2003 Brief:
ONE MILLION MILITARY CHILDREN (PDF
Format )
LEFT BEHIND BY MASSIVE NEW TAX PACKAGE
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Format )
May 22, 2003 Brief:
MORE THAN NINE IN TEN LATINO CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND BY STOCK DIVIDEND
TAX CUT
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Format )
May 13, 2003 Brief:
Children Caught in a Double Budget Buzz Saw: Impact Chart
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Format )
May 13, 2003 Brief:
Change in Federal/State Tax Liability for a Family of Four Residing
in New York City
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Format )
May 13, 2003 Brief:
Change in Federal/State Tax Liability for a Family of Four Residing
in New York State Outside of New York City
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Format )
POVERTY
Child Poverty in New York City, fact sheet
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Child Poverty in New York State, fact sheet
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JOBLESSNESS
July 14, 2003 Table:
Out-of-School Youth Joblessness Data and Rankings for Five Major
Cities in New York
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Format )
July 14, 2003 Table:
New York State: Out-of-School Youth, Ages 16-19, Who Are Jobless
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Format )
July 7, 2003 Table:
Table 1. Age 16-19 Percent Jobless June and Percent Employed in,
1948-2003
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Format )
July 7, 2003 Table:
Table 2. Top 20 Large U.S. Cities by Percent Not Employed, Among
Out-of-School Youth: April 2000
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Format )
July 7, 2003 Table:
Graph 1: Age 16-19 Percent Jobless (Not Employed) in June: 1948-2003
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Format )
July 7, 2003 Table:
Table A: State Jobless Rates for Black and Hispanic Teens 2001 and
2002 Annual Averages (ages 16-19)
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Format )
July 7, 2003 Table:
Table B: State Teen Jobless Rates, 2001 and 2002
Annual Averages (ages 16-19)
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Format )
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