• Mainstreaming the Response to Homelessness: Compilation of reports on the effective use of mainstream resources to prevent and end Homelessness, with programmatic analysis & best practices.
• Strategies for Accessing Services and Supports: Resources for improving access by homeless persons to publicly-funded programs that provide services or income supports to poor persons.
• Strategies for Change: Online learning module on ending chronic homelessness for persons with serious mental illnesses and/or co-occurring substance use disorders. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available.
• Strategies for Improving Homeless People’s Access to Mainstream Benefits and Services: Report with case studies of the mainstreaming strategies and outcomes of seven CoCs.
• Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness: The nation’s first ever comprehensive federal plan to prevent and end homelessness.
• What We Learned: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness report on public comments and federal workgroup deliberations.
• Employment: Resources providing guidance on how to improve mainstream workforce development programs and services. HUD Guide to accessing mainstream employment and income support programs
• Food Stamps: Report of conferences and local post-conference activities to increase Food Stamp Program benefits by people who are homeless.
• Housing: Resources providing guidance on accessing mainstream housing programs and housing search and placement.

Medicaid

• Guide to using Medicaid financing in permanent supportive housing 
• Report on the role of Medicaid in improving access to care for homeless people  
• Resources providing information on how Medicaid funds can be used to fund services provided in supportive housing 
• White Paper on the basics of the federal/state Medicaid program

Social Security

• Manual for case managers assisting adults who are homeless with SSI and SSDI applications 
• Report of meetings and local post-meeting activities to increase Social Security benefits access for people experiencing homelessness 
• Training curriculum for case managers assisting adults with HIV/AIDS with SSI and SSDI applications 
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health: Report with case studies on how states can use SAMHSA Block Grants to support services to people who are homeless

Veterans

• Audio recording of conference call reviewing 11 mainstream resources for veteran client/consumers and basic linkage protocols  
• HUD Guide for coordinating resources and developing strategies to address the needs of homeless veterans  
• Guide for service providers on employment assistance for homeless veterans  
• Resources providing funding, technical assistance and general information for homeless veteran service providers 

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Information

Money Talks Outreach Tools; Flyers in 21 languages, envelope stuffers & posters, VITA Site Checklist, Sample Press Release, EITC & CTC Benefit Amounts, "10 Ways Flyers" with ideas for how partners can promote tax credits.

Financial Education Guide for VITA Sites; An important element of many successful EITC campaigns is connecting workers to asset-building opportunities. Financial education, asset-building tools, safe financial products, credit repair resources, and more can help families use their returns to build assets.

Sample tweets; use these tweets if you have a twitter account or for Facebook status updates.

Q&A Brochure; (in English and Spanish) this 12 page brochure is used as an educational tool and handout at IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers, seminars, workshops, businesses, libraries and other public places to promote awareness EITC eligibility requirements.

General IRS EITC Brochure

Eligibility Requirement Poster and Checklist; these posters are designed for tax return preparers and other professionals to explain EITC eligibility requirements.

Outreach Tools: Download outreach materials for the "Your Money.  You Earned It.  Now Claim It!" Tax Credit Outreach Campaign.

Working Family Tax Credits Interview Clips with Alan Berube; 

• The biggest changes to the EITC and other family tax credits over the last 10 years;
• The reasons for erroneous claims of the EITC, and ways that advocates can help reduce erroneous payments;
• How the EITC is uniquely consistent with middle class values;
• How the EITC stimulates the economy;
• The biggest challenges and opportunities for family tax credits;
• And a simple policy change that could make tax credits more valuable for working families.

EITC Articles

• The biggest changes to the EITC and other family tax credits over the last 10 years;
• The reasons for erroneous claims of the EITC, and ways that advocates can help reduce erroneous payments;
• The Impact of Family Income on Child Achievement: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit