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Family Economic Success Resources

Paper Summarizes Presentations on Challenges Facing Low-Income Americans
The Economic Opportunities Program of the Aspen Institute recently published Family Economics: Work and Wealth in the New Economy, a report summarizing discussions at the Aspen Ideas Festival about the challenges facing low-income American families in today's economy and ideas for addressing the challenges. The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Gamillah Inc. provided support for the publication.
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf/%7bDEB6F227-659B-4EC8-8F84-8DF23CA704F5%7d/AspenIdeasPaper.pdf

Policy Matters: Twenty State Policies to Create Bright Futures
The Policy Matters report assembles research on effective policies in the areas most important to a family's opportunity and stability: employment, income and asset growth, health, education, and healthy family relationships.

The Full Report http://www.policymatters.us/fullreport.html presents a research summary for each of the 20 policy areas, and for each policy measure, provides specific policy data for all 50 states.

State Reports http://www.policymatters.us/state-report.html include an individual policy brief and fact sheet for each state. The briefs highlight 30 key policy measures and present each state's status graphically.

Background Research http://www.policymatters.us/background.html is published in six research volumes providing additional discussion of research and policy options.

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