Apply for an Assets for Independence Grant help family financial stability

Assets for Independence (AFI) helps individuals and families secure long-term financial stability through asset building. Collectively, asset building leads to transformational change in low-income communities. If you think your community might benefit from an AFI Individual Development Account (IDA) project, the AFI Resource Center encourages you to apply for an AFI grant in 2012. The [...]

Help Families Claim Valuable Tax Credits – Worth More Than Ever This Year!

You can make a difference by educating low- and moderate-income families about federal and state tax credits that can help put thousands of dollars in their pockets! When they file their taxes for 2011 in early 2012, working families may be eligible to claim valuable federal tax credits, such as: Earned Income Tax Credit, which [...]

Announcing a Series of AFI-Sponsored Financial Education Training Academies

Announcing a Series of AFI-Sponsored Financial Education Training Academies The AFI Resource Center is pleased to announce a series of two-day Financial Education Academies for AFI grantees and other financial educators. These sessions, conducted as “train-the-trainer” sessions for staff that deliver or manage financial education will be presented in various locations throughout the country. These [...]

Financial Education Training Academies sponsored by Assets for Independence

Announcing a Series of AFI-Sponsored Financial Education Training Academies The AFI Resource Center is pleased to announce a series of two-day Financial Education Academies for AFI grantees and other financial educators. These sessions, conducted as “train-the-trainer” sessions for staff that deliver or manage financial education will be presented in various locations throughout the country. These [...]

Upcoming OK DHS Lecture: Children of Incarcerated Parents

Please share this information with groups and individuals interested in this topic. Thanks! Oklahoma’s children of incarcerated parents’ next topic in OKDHS Lecture Series Oklahoma incarcerates more women per capita than any state in the nation, making their children the hidden, innocent victims. Those issues will be discussed in the Practice and Policy Lecture Series, [...]

Upcoming OK DHS Lecture: Children of Incarcerated Parents

Please share this information with groups and individuals interested in this topic. Thanks! Oklahoma’s children of incarcerated parents’ next topic in OKDHS Lecture Series Oklahoma incarcerates more women per capita than any state in the nation, making their children the hidden, innocent victims. Those issues will be discussed in the Practice and Policy Lecture Series, [...]

HOME Program Proposed Rule Webinar: 1/24 12:30 to 2:30 CST

HOME Program Proposed Rule HUD published a significant proposed regulation for the HOME Program in the Federal Register on December 16, 2012. The proposed changes are intended to enhance performance and accountability, and clarify certain existing provisions. Public comments on the proposed changes are due by February 14, 2012. HUD will host also host a [...]

2012 IRS Standard Mileage Rate

IRS Announces 2012 Standard Mileage Rates, Most Rates Are the Same as in July IR-2011-116, Dec. 9, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2012 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2012, the [...]