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Ohio Programs Based on CUNY’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) More Than Double Graduation Rates

Three Ohio community colleges have successfully adapted the City University of New York’s innovative Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), according to findings released today at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio.

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Microfinance is Instrumental in Alleviating Financial Hardship in the United States

MDRC released encouraging early results today from a random assignment evaluation of Grameen America’s microfinance model, which provides small loans to low-income women entrepreneurs seeking to launch or expand small businesses.

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Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit for Single Workers Increases After-Bonus Income, Work Rates, and Child Support Payments — and Reduces Severe Poverty

New results from the Paycheck Plus demonstration in New York City show that increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers without dependent children has positive impacts on reducing severe poverty and increasing income, work rates, and child support payments.

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