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This tool (PDF, 17 pages) is designed to help financial educators, coaches, and counselors motivate and support the young people they serve toward their longer-term financial goals, using exercises that strengthen their connection to their future selves. The tool includes:  A practitioner worksheet to help prepare before engaging with the client  Three ...
This report (PDF, 67 pages) presents outcomes of 2015–16 bachelor’s degree earners 4 years after graduation. It uses data from the 2016/20 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study and includes information on enrollment and employment status, federal student loan debt and repayment, earnings and other job characteristics, financial well-being, and teaching ...
This report analyzes the historic 59-percent decline in child poverty in the United States from 1993 to 2019. It includes discussions on the societal factors that led to the decline and explores whether all subgroups of children experienced similar declines. Policy recommendations are also provided. Learn more.  ...
This article highlights five student programs to help college students succeed. Programs discussed include:  Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)  Student Career Experience Program  Federal Work-Study Program  Fulbright Programs  Federal Pell Grants  Learn more.  ...
This fact sheet outlines the details of the recent announcement on student loan forgiveness and its implications for future borrowers. The Department of Education (ED) will provide up to $20,000 in debt cancellation to Pell Grant recipients with loans held by ED, and up to $10,000 in debt cancellation to ...
This study examines the association between food insecurity and perceived health, perceived stress, and social determinants of health concerns among elementary school teachers serving predominantly low-income children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more. 
This guide (PDF, 38 pages) identifies a broad variety of federal funding streams that providers, districts, summer and afterschool intermediaries, municipal government leaders, and state government leaders can tap to support equitable access to high-quality programs. Learn more. 
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces funding for the Refugee Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) Program, which establishes and manages IDAs for low-income refugee participants. In accordance with the Afghan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, Refugee IDA programs funded under this Notice of ...
NOFO has been modified to correct application due date. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) invites eligible entities to submit competitive grant applications for funding under the Refugee Family Child Care Microenterprise Development Project (RFCCMED). Through the RFCCMED program, ORR will provide ...
Program Office: Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Ashgabat Funding Opportunity Title: Democracy Commission Small Grants Program Announcement Type: Grant or Cooperative Agreement Executive Summary: The U.S. Embassy Ashgabat Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through the Embassy’s Democracy ...
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