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Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant-
reauthorization of Federal TANF laws in 2002; approval of
annual state TANF spending plan and the bi-annual state
TANF/Work First plan.
Work
First Program- cash and employment assistance
program for poor families. Primary focus includes legislative
and agency policy-making, Work First data and evaluation,
and program implementation.
Food
Stamp Program- reauthorization of federal food
stamp law in 2002, state food stamp policy, monitoring North
Carolina food stamp, nutrition and hunger data, and program
implementation
Unemployment
Insurance Benefits program- program implementation,
maintenance of the Unemployment Insurance trust fund, and
legislative and agency policy-making.
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Enact
a State EITC- provide tax relief to working families
Enact
Local Living Wage Ordinances- local government
leads by example and pays its employees wages that support
support a family
Require
Living Wages for State Employees- state government
leads by example and pays its employees wages that support
support a family
Require
Living Wages for Jobs Supported through Corporate Tax Breaks-
ensure that state corporate incentives attract
high quality jobs that pay a living wage, not low wage jobs
that the state attracts without subsidies
Ensure
that working people can meet families' basic needs-
Increase the State Minimum Wage to $8.50, provide income
supports (e.g. child care and health care
assistance, food stamps.)
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State
Earned Income Tax Credit - important targeted
state and local tax relief for low income working people
Corporate
tax incentives - analysis of the effectiveness
and cost of tax breaks given to corporations for locating
or expanding in North Carolina
State
Budget Spending - analysis of how state budget
and spending priorities impact low and moderate income people
State
and Local Tax Policy - analysis of how different
taxes (e.g. sales, income, property, excise, lottery, etc.)
impact people of different income levels.
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Immigration Litigation-
on a wide variety of immigration cases for individual clients.
(See our project section for a complete description)
Education and Training-
in immigration law issues to NC non-profits and the immigrant
community at large.
INS restructuring and reform-
as it relates to the services provided to NC residents.
In-state tuition for undocumented
students
Advocacy- through the
Network of Immigrant Advocates, a statewide organization
facilitated by the Justice Center
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High
cost loans-
ranging from predatory home mortgage loans to smaller consumer
finance and “payday” loans
Public
utilities-
(where “deregulation” and inadequate subsidies
threaten access to critical necessities for low-income people),
High
cost consumer purchases-
like manufactured homes, used cars and “rent to own”
appliances,
Consumer
legal rights-
of groups such as consumer debtors and residential tenants
for whom there are few, if any, other champions in North
Carolina.
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School
Discipline-
issues around suspension and expulsion
NC
Testing Program- a look at how the program is
adversely affecting low-income and minority students
Achievement Gap-
a look at the disparity in test scores between minority
and non-minority students
LEP- Limited English
Proficient Students and the lack of adequate funding for
these students
School Funding- issues
of equity and adequacy in the current system of funding
public education in North Carolina
Exceptional Children’s Program-
issues around sufficient funding for services to provide
a free appropriate public education to children with special
needs
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Efficient,
affordable and quality health care for all North
Carolinians.
Health
Choice and Medicaid programs - maintain/increase
current funding and expand coverage
Health
care for the unensured - health care for all
of the 1.2 million
uninsured in NC
Mental
health parity in insurance coverage.
NC Blue Cross Blue Shield Conversion-
monitor and protect the interests of people of NC in any
conversion of NC Blue Cross to a for-profit company
Dental
Care- Expand dental care for children and adults.
Prescription
drugs- expand access
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