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FAMILY ASSET BUILDING PROJECT

Publications in this series include:

• "The Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit, And the Child and Dependent Care Credit"
• Detailed Workforce Development Board EITC Breakdowns
• Testimony on Regulating Refund Anticipation Loans
• IDA Testimony
• Fact sheet on Individual Development Accounts
• "How Resources are Treated in Federal Public Benefit Programs in Texas"
• Presentation: How the EITC Refund Affects Eligibility for Public Benefits
• Description of Family Asset Building Project
• Building Wealth for Individuals, Families, and Communities: Success Stories Across Texas
• EITC Data by Congressional District

To access all of CPPP's work on asset building, click here.

Find EITC data for your workforce development board or county here:

Alamo	Brazos Valley	Cameron County
Capital Area	Central Texas	Coastal Bend
Concho Valley	Dallas	Deep East Texas
East Texas	Golden Crescent	Gulf Coast
Heart of Texas	Lower Rio Grande	Middle Rio Grande
North Central	North East	North Texas
Panhandle	Permian Basin	Rural Capital
South East	South Plains	South Texas
Tarrant	Texoma	Upper Rio Grande
West Central

The Family Asset Building Project was made possible in part by the generous support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Its goals include:

• Building support for state policies and practices that encourage working families to save for the future;
• Leveraging federal funds to support asset building initiatives for working families; Technical assistance to volunteer tax assistance sites on the interaction between the EITC/Child Tax Credit and public benefits; and
• Developing an asset building campaign in partnership with low-wage employers to increase the assets and financial literacy of their employees.