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Date	Vol.	Title
2018	45	Southern Bancorp Community Partners IDA Program: A Solid Tool for Asset Development
2017	44	Good Guys Answer the Call: Providing Safe Affordable and Profitable Small Loans as the Regulatory Landscape Evolves
2016	43	Into the Light: A Survey of Arkansas Borrowers Seven Years After State Supreme Court Bans Usurious Payday Lending Rates
2015	42	Teaching Public Benefit Recipients How to Fish: How Arkansas can Lessen Reliance on SNAP & TANF and Support Economic Independence by Lifting Asset Limits
2014	41	Evaluating College Savings Plans: A Case Study on Arkansas and Mississippi
2014	40	Turning a Cycle of Debt and Dependency into Financial Security: Rerouting Payday Loan Consumers in Mississippi
2013	39	Everybody Wins: Creating a Successful Prize-Linked Savings Program in Arkansas
2013	38	The 2013 Mississippi Legislature: A Summary of Southern’s Efforts and New Laws Affecting Our Communities
2013	37	The 2013 Arkansas Legislature: A Summary of Southern’s Efforts and New Laws Affecting Our Communities
2013	36	Making the Case for Eliminating Asset Limits: Why Asset Limits Undermine Financial Security for Arkansans
2012	35	The State of Asset Building in Arkansas
2009	34	New Laws Benefit Lower-Income Arkansans
2009	33	Aspiring Scholars Matching Grant Program: A Successful First Year
2008	32	From Natural Gas to College Degrees: The Arkansas Promise Trust Fund
2007	31	Mortgage Foreclosures: A Review of Trends in Arkansas and Strategies Used by States and Communities to Respond
2007	30	ARHealthNet: Helping Small Businesses Afford Employee Health Coverage
2007	29	New Laws Promoting Asset-Building Opportunities
2006	28	Arkansas’ Individual Development Account (IDA) Program: Survey Shows Broad Impact
2006	27	The Southeast Arkansas College Career Pathways Program
2006	26	Expanding Access to College in Arkansas: A 529 College Savings Plan Match Policy
2005	25	The Next Frontier in Adult Education: Adult Education to College Transition Programs
2005	24	2005 Legislative Session Highlights: New Laws Affecting Low-Income Families in Arkansas
2004	23	Increasing Access to and Completion of College Among Working Adults in Arkansas: The Career Pathways Pilot Project
2004	22	Meeting the Need for Long-Term Care: Strengthening the Nursing Assistant Occupation
2004	21	Making Higher Education More Accessible in Arkansas: The State’s Newest Financial Aid Programs
2003	20	Expanding State Business and Industry Workforce Training Activities: Some Policy Options Including Making Better Use of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
2003	19	2003 Legislative Session Produces Laws to Help Low-Income Families in Arkansas
2002	18	Expanding State Business and Industry Training Activities: Some Policy Options Including Making Better Use of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
2002	17	Meeting the Needs of Employers and Workers Through Sectoral Employment Strategies
2001	16	Nonprofit Sector Makes a Big Impact on the Arkansas Economy
2001	15	Rental Housing and Low-Income Families in Arkansas
2000	14	What the Current Debate on Improving Education in Arkansas is Missing: Workforce Development
2000	13	Workforce Investment Act Performance Standards: Changing the Incentives to Get Better Jobs and Better Wages for Arkansas Workers
2000	12	Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency Through Welfare Reform
2000	11	Workforce Investment Act Performance Standards: Changing the Incentives to get Better Jobs and Better Wages for Arkansas Workers
2000	10	Workforce Investment Act Unified Plan: Summary and Analysis
1999	9	The Financial Services Modernization Act's Effects on the Community Reinvestment Act
1999	8	The New Arkansas Workforce Investment System: Key Decisions and How to Get Involved
1999	7	Education and Training Options Under Welfare Reform: Changes as a Result of Act 1567 of 1999
1999	6	A Summary of Act 1125: The Arkansas Workforce Investment Act
1999	5	A Summary of Act 1217:The Family Savings Initiative Act
1999	4	Achieving Long-Term Economic Self-Sufficiency: The Importance of Education and Training
1998	3	Workforce Investment Act: Key Implementation Issues
1998	2	Individual Development Accounts
1998	1	Summary of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998

Client and Partner Publications

Year	Title
2020	Deferred Dreams: How Unmanageable Debt and Abusive Debt Hinder Savings and Economic Security: Arkansas \| Mississippi
2019	Tax-Time Savings: Opportunities and Strategies for Policy and Practice
2012	SBCP Child Savings Accounts: Multiple Paths to a Brighter Future
2005	Policy Report Arkansas Assets and Opportunity Scorecard 2005
2002	Arkansas Assets Coalition Report Assets in Arkansas: Building Wealth for Economic Security
1999	Policy Report Breaking the Cycle

Year	Mon	Title
2010	04	Reaching Out
2009	06	Reaching Out
2009	01	Reaching Out
2008	10	Reaching Out
2008	05	Reaching Out
2008	01	Reaching Out
2007	08	Reaching Out
2007	04	Reaching Out
2007	01	Reaching Out

Year	Mon	Title
2008	04	Changing Lives
2007	12	Changing Lives
2007	08	Changing Lives
2007	04	Changing Lives
2006	12	Changing Lives
2006	09	Changing Lives
2006	04	Changing Lives

Year	Mon	Title
2007	09	Asset Builders
2007	04	Asset Builders
2006	04	Asset Builders
2005	08	Asset Builders
2005	05	Asset Builders
2004	09	Asset Builders
2004	02	Asset Builders
2003	08	Asset Builders
2003	02	Asset Builders
2002	10	Asset Builders

Year	Mon	Title
2007	09	Business Development Center
2007	04	Business Development Center
2006	06	Business Development Center
2005	07	Business Development Center
2005	03	Business Development Center
2004	07	Business Development Center
2004	02	Business Development Center

Year	Mon	Title
2007	04	Career Pathways
2006	06	Career Pathways
2005	06	Career Pathways
2005	03	Career Pathways
2004	07	Career Pathways
2004	03	Career Pathways
2003	08	Career Pathways
2003	02	Career Pathways

Year	Mon	Title
2006	09	Add It Up! (For Kids)
2006	06	Add It Up! (For Kids)
2006	03	Add It Up! (For Kids)
2005	11	Add It Up! (For Kids)
2005	Q3	Add It Up! (For Kids)
2005	Q2	Add It Up! (For Kids)

Year	Mon	Title
2006	08	On The Right Path: Helena-West Helena Edition
2006	08	On The Right Path: Pine Bluff Edition

Year	Mon	Title
2006	04	Bank On It!
2005	11	Bank On It!
2005	Q2	Bank On It!
2005	Q1	Bank On It!
2004	Q4	Bank On It!
2004	Q2	Bank On It!
2004	Q1	Bank On It!
2003	Q3	Bank On It!
2003	Q2	Bank On It!
2003	Q1	Bank On It!
2002	Q3	Bank On It!
2002	Q2	Bank On It!
2002	Q1	Bank On It!

Year	Mon	Title
2006	Q3	Down To Business
2006	Q2	Down To Business
2006	Q1	Down To Business
2005	Q4	Down To Business
2005	Q3	Down To Business
2005	Q2	Down To Business
2005	Q1	Down To Business

Year	Mon	Title
2006	Q3	Small Talk (For Child Care Providers)
2006	Q2	Small Talk (For Child Care Providers)
2006	Q1	Small Talk (For Child Care Providers)
2005	Q4	Small Talk (For Child Care Providers)

Year	Mon	Title
2006		SGFF Annual Impact Report
2005		SGFF Annual Impact Report
2004		SGFF Annual Impact Report

Year	Mon	Title
2004	Q4	Stepping Out
2004	Q2	Stepping Out
2004	Q1	Stepping Out
2003	Q4	Stepping Out
2003	Q3	Stepping Out
2003	Q2	Stepping Out
2003	Q1	Stepping Out
2002	Q4	Stepping Out
2002	Q1	Stepping Out
2001	Q4	Stepping Out
2001	Q3	Stepping Out

Year	Mon	Type	Title
2003	08	Working Families Project Report	Continuing the Investment in a Competitive Workforce and a Brighter Economic Future for Arkansas: A Policy Agenda for Investing in Arkansas’ Working Families
2002	11	Working Families Project Report	Boom Bust and Beyond: The State of Working Arkansas
2002	08	Working Families Project Report	The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) in Arkansas: An Assessment of Performance and a Vision for the Future
2001	06	Working Families Project Report	Public Opinion & Legislative Response: Working Families in Arkansas
2000	10	Working Families Project Report	Working Families in the New Economy Executive Summary: How are Arkansans Faring in Today’s Job Market?
2000	10	Working Families Project Report	Part 1: Do Working Arkansans Have Adequate Incomes?
2000	10	Working Families Project Report	Part 2: Is Arkansas’ Economy Creating Enough Jobs?
2000	10	Working Families Project Report	Part 3: What is the Gap Between Jobs and Arkansans Seeking Work?
2000	07	Working Families Project Report	Self-sufficiency: Assets as Critical as Income
2000	06	Working Families Project Report	The Struggles of Getting By and Getting Ahead
2000	04	Working Families Project Report	The State of Working Arkansas: How Families are Faring In The Booming Economy

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