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White House Pushes to Expand Home Visiting
The Obama administration has announced that it will seek a substantial new investment to expand voluntary evidence-based home visiting programs. Pew’s Libby Doggett, an expert on home visiting, highlights the importance of the decision. more
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- February 14, 2013
- Length:
- 00:55
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Payday Loans: Who Uses Them and Why?
Follow the story of Jennifer, a typical payday loan customer who takes out a cash advance and ends up borrowing from her parents to pay it back, an option she could have used initially, instead of taking out a loan. more
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- May 23, 2013
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- 02:22
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Payday Loans Explained
Twelve million Americans take out payday loans every year, but there are still misconceptions about how they are actually used. Follow the story of Jennifer, a typical payday loan customer, who takes out a cash advance on her paycheck to make ends meet, but ends up paying more than $500 in fees. more
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- May 9, 2013
- Length:
- 01:53
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Sequester Will Impact States
Pew's Anne Stauffer, an expert in the federal-state fiscal relationship, discusses the challenges policymakers face and how the sequester impacts states differently. more
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- February 28, 2013
- Length:
- 01:22
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The White House Seeks to Expand Home Visiting Programs: Pew
The Obama administration has announced that it will seek a substantial new investment to expand voluntary evidence-based home visiting programs. Pew’s Libby Doggett, an expert on home visiting, highlights the importance of the decision. Voluntary home visiting matches parents with trained professionals to provide information and support during pregnancy and throughout their child’s first three years. more
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- February 14, 2013
- Length:
- 00:55
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Election Initiatives Response to Bipartisan Voting Commission Announcement
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a commission to improve the voting experience on Election Day. This is an important step forward. Pew Election Initiatives Director David Becker released the following in response to the president's announcement. more
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- February 13, 2013
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- 01:12
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Economic Mobility: Reaction to the State of the Union & GOP Response
Economic mobility is a unifying and bipartisan idea discussed by both President Obama in his State of the Union address and Senator Marco Rubio in the GOP response. Erin Currier discusses drivers, such as education, savings, and neighborhood poverty, that impact people's ability to achieve the American Dream. more
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- February 13, 2013
- Length:
- 00:54
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State Legislators on Sentencing and Corrections Reforms
Six state legislative leaders reflect on how they successfully enacted comprehensive sentencing and corrections reforms using a bipartisan, interbranch working group and focusing on data and research to craft policies that met their unique challenges. more
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- December 4, 2012
- Length:
- 04:41
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Safe Checking: Policy Recommendations
Checking accounts are critical to the financial well-being of American families, but many bear hidden risks. Susan Weinstock, director of the Safe Checking in the Electronic Age project, offers four policy recommendations to make accounts more transparent and fair for consumers. more
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- August 24, 2012
- Length:
- 01:42
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Inside the Stateline Newsroom
Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Center on the States that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. more
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- April 24, 2012
- Length:
- 02:31
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About the Pew Center on the States
The Pew Center on the States provides nonpartisan reporting and research, advocacy and technical assistance to help states deliver better results. more
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- April 23, 2012
- Length:
- 01:20
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State of the States 2012
States face a tough economic climate in the wake of the Great Recession. Sue Urahn discusses the top three challenges for states in the year ahead. more
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- January 27, 2012
- Length:
- 02:17
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Rep. Jerry Madden: The Case for Home Visiting
State Representative Jerry Madden (R) describes how high-quality programs can help break the cycle of people going to prison. more
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- December 12, 2011
- Length:
- 02:49
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Libby Doggett: The Case for Home Visiting
Pew Home Visiting Campaign Director Libby Doggett describes how high-quality programs can help prevent some of society's costliest problems. more
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- December 12, 2011
- Length:
- 02:13
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Reducing Recidivism
States spend $50 billion a year on corrections, yet more than four out of ten prisoners wind up back behind bars within three years of release. more
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- December 7, 2011
- Length:
- 05:04
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Introducing the Voting Information Project
The Voting Information Project is an innovative and proven service that uses the latest technology to provide voters with the information they need to cast a ballot. more
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- October 24, 2011
- Length:
- 03:24