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Date	Vol.	Title
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

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