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Report reveals rise in number of low-income working families

Dec 19, 2011

The Working Poor Families Project (WPFP) has been analyzing working families for the past decade. Key Findings for 2010: The number of low-income working families has increased for the past three years and is now at 10.2 million. Nearly 1 in 3 ...

Tagged: wpfp, lowincome, working poor

Program at Davenport Univ. helps students and low-income families

Nov 21, 2011

“The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program gives Davenport accounting students the opportunity to give back to the community while gaining real world experience that employers are looking for,” said Deb Kiss, Davenport’s Accounting & F...

Tagged: college, taxes, lowincome, davenport

UN knows education is key

Mar 3, 2011

The United Nations is winding up its 55th annual session, which this year focused on the status of women. The Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said, “Investing in women and girls is a force multiplier.” What she means, is that increasin...

Tagged: un commission, lowincome, women, jrf scholars


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Applications are available!

Nov 2, 2011

JRF’s application season has started! To see the criteria for applying visit this page: http://rankinfoundation.org/students You can download the application here: http://rankinfoundation.org/students/applications Be sure to check out the ha...

Tagged: application, scholarship, women, lowincome


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