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Doing business in smaller communities requires finding good employees from a smaller pool of workers. Retaining those good employees can be the difference between profits and loss, or between sta...

https://rufes.org/2014/07/22/the-business-case-for-helping-rural-families-get-ahead/

A Wealthier and Healthier Tax Time The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) launch in October brought big changes to the coming tax-filing season.  This year only, health insurance enrollment under ACA...

https://rufes.org/2013/11/26/webinar-a-wealthier-and-healthier-tax-time/

Ready… Set… Tax Prep! Note: This webinar was presented in fall 2012.  Some data and figures are out of date, but the stories and outreach strategies remain relevant. For information on maxim...

https://rufes.org/2012/11/21/ready-set-tax-prep-2/

The EITC, in place since 1975, continues to play an important role in providing critical financial resources to hard-working low-income families across the U.S. In 2013, working families filing f...

https://rufes.org/2012/11/08/ready-set-tax-prep-prepare-to-run-a-first-rate-rural-eitc-program/

The EITC continues to serve as a critical support for low-and moderate-income families trying to get ahead, by providing them with a much needed a financial infusion. This support assists familie...

https://rufes.org/2011/11/17/broaden-your-rural-eitc-scope-rufes-webinar-mini-series/

For many members in the RuFES Action Network, the ability to access appropriate and useful financial tools can help them do what they do better and at a greater scale. Effective financial trainin...

https://rufes.org/2011/06/22/fortify-your-financial-toolbox-with-assetplatform-org/

Access to reliable transportation is an essential part of holding a good job or getting to a job-training program. Yet for some low- and moderate-income families, this basic Earn It component can...

https://rufes.org/2010/11/16/car-repair-and-car-donation-programs-as-an-earn-it-strategy/

Since its enactment in 1975, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has provided low-income Americans with a financial boost and continues to lift millions of people out of poverty every year.  Thi...

https://rufes.org/2010/10/21/prepare-to-run-a-first-rate-rural-eitc-campaign/

Roll Your Change Week (RYCW) is an event designed to encourage individuals and families to start saving. Community members gather the coins they have saved and found in their homes and carry them...

https://rufes.org/2010/08/17/roll-your-change-week/

Earning It isn’t enough to lift families out of poverty—they have to Keep It and Grow It too. Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are one of the most successful and tested ways to hel...

https://rufes.org/2010/02/26/rural-idas/