Low-Income Working Families Project Events

A New Safety Net for Working Families: Unemployment Compensation -- A Lifeline in Tough Times (June 11, 2009) - Unemployment insurance (UI) helps millions of out-of-work Americans provide for themselves and their families. An automatic stabilizer, it can also help to maintain consumption when the economy is in a downturn. The panelists discussed the two groups of provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that affected UI.

A New Safety Net for Working Families: Green Jobs and Low-Wage Workers (April 21, 2009) - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides significant resources for developing environment-friendly “green jobs.” The act includes $48 billion overall for job training and education, nearly $100 billion for transportation and infrastructure, $20 billion in tax incentives for renewable energy, and more than $41 billion for energy-related programs. The panelists discussed how green investments could benefit the country’s most vulnerable individuals, low-wage workers with limited skills.

A New Safety Net for Working Families: Assets for Economic Security (January 13, 2009) - Asset building and saving are essential components of a strategy for promoting economic advancement and security. While public policy has focused on increasing income for low-income working families, far less has been done to encourage them to save. Experts discussed proposals aimed at improving low-income families’ opportunities to save and invest.