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Donna Stiglmeier
Donna Stiglmeier
Wed, 03/18/2009

MassCAP Executive Director interviewed by Chris Lovett on EITC:

Joe Diamond talks about the Earned Income Tax Credit
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About $75 million is unclaimed by Massachusetts working families.  read more »

Donna Stiglmeier
Donna Stiglmeier
Wed, 03/04/2009

A better life for self and children…

...what is desired from financial education programs.
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Given this economy, agencies are seeing an increase in enrollees in their financial education classes – especially people who are low income.

So, how do communities meet the increased demand due to these economic times?

At an over-capacity workshop for trainers of community-based financial education, well-respected and nationally known facilitator Inger Giuffrida attempted to answer this question this week, by offering practical tools for both designing and measuring programs that make a tangible difference in people’s lives.  read more »

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