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Doorway to Dreams

New IRS Checkbox Makes Impulse Savings as Easy as Impulse Spending

The figures are in. The new checkbox that appeared on the IRS tax form for the first time this year allowing taxpayers to use their refund to buy bonds has been a success.  As of April 17, 2010, over 18,000 taxpayers had checked that little box and saved an impressive $8 million.

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Grants

• Mujeres Unidas y Activas

  for use by its National Domestic Workers Alliance toward the costs of the Caring Across Generations Campaign, an effort to improve...
  
  http://www.mujeresunidas.net
  Location: San Francisco, CA
  Initiative: American Workers
  Region Served: United States
  TERM of the Grant: 4/1/2011 – 3/31/2012
  Amount: $200,000
   

• Urban Institute

  toward the costs of its Unemployment and Recovery initiative, an integrated program of research and analysis to address the critical...
  
  http://www.urban.org
  Location: Washington, DC
  Initiative: American Workers
  Region Served: United States
  TERM of the Grant: 4/1/2011 – 3/31/2012
  Amount: $500,000
   

• Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.

  toward the costs of its “Raise the Floor and Build Ladders” strategy to improve job quality and provide advancement opportunities for...
  
  http://www.PHInational.org
  Location: Bronx, NY
  Initiative: American Workers
  Region Served: United States
  TERM of the Grant: 4/1/2011 – 3/31/2012
  Amount: $300,000
   

• National Employment Law Project, Inc.

  toward the costs of developing a federal policy framework to increase the availability of quality jobs for middle-class Americans and...
  
  http://www.nelp.org/
  Location: New York, NY
  Initiative: American Workers
  Region Served: United States
  TERM of the Grant: 6/1/2011 – 5/31/2013
  Amount: $500,000
   

• Restaurant Opportunities Centers United

  toward the costs of its “Promoting the High Road” project, an effort to improve working conditions in the restaurant industry through...
  
  http://www.rocunited.org
  Location: New York, NY
  Initiative: American Workers
  Region Served: United States
  TERM of the Grant: 4/1/2011 – 3/31/2012
  Amount: $300,000