Low Income Self-Sufficiency

Nebraska Appleseed

• Introduction to Public Benefits English | Español
• Questions & Answers/Myths & Facts about Public Benefits
• Public Benefits Palm Card English | Español
• Choosing Education Poster
• Welfare, Child Support, & Domestic Violence: Options & Information (trifold)
• Addressing the Erosion of the Food Stamp Benefit in the 2007 Farm Bill
• Not Just for Farmers: Nebraska and the 2007 Farm Bill
• Impact of Lincoln Living Wage Report | One Page Summary
• Debt Trends in Nebraska
• Basic Questions and Answers About Employment First (trifold)
• Basic Questions and Answers About Employment First Sanctions (trifold)
• Basic Questions and Answers About Appeals & Mediation (trifold)
• Basic Questions and Answers About Choosing Education in Employment First (trifold)
• Basic Questions and Answers About Negotiating Your Employment First Contract (trifold)
• Basic Questions and Answers About Overpayments and Collections (trifold)
• Basic Questions & Answers About Food Stamps (trifold)
• Education Public Service Announcement produced and aired by Clear Channel Lincoln.
• Cold Weather Rule Flyer
• Federal Budget Process
• Nebraska's Medicaid Reform Plan: A Response From Consumer Advocates and Providers
• Employer Provided & State Subsidized Healthcare
• National Hunger Awareness Day Flyer
• Choosing Education as Your Work Activity Under Nebraska's Employment First Program
• Nebraska Food Security Report: 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
• Health Care Group Releases Plan for Medicaid Reform in Nebraska: Reforms to Save Millions Without Cutting Eligibility or Services
• The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Nebraska (w/ Wider Opportunities for Women)
• The Federal Budget: What's At Stake For Nebraska (w/ Voices for Children in Nebraska)
• What Is Medicaid?
• The Economics of Medicaid

Other Organizations

• Implications of Restricting the Use of Food Stamp Benefits (USDA)
• Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report (Food Research and Action Center)
• Guide to Benefits for grandparents raising grandchildren (AARP)
• Breaking the Piggy Bank: Parents and the High Price of Child Care (National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies)
• School Breakfast Scorecard: 2005 (Food Research and Action Center)
• Predictors of Child Care Subsidy Use (childcareresearch.org)
• Child Care Assistance Policies 2005: States Fail to Make up Lost Ground, Families Continue to Lack Critical Supports (National Women's Law Center)
• In Their Own Voices: Parents and Providers Struggling with Child Care Cuts (National Women's Law Center)
• State of the States: 2005 (Food Research and Action Center)

Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation

Nebraska Appleseed

• Immigrants and In-State Tuition Poster English | Español
• In-State Tuition for Immigrant Students Brochure English | Español
• Immigrants & Public Benefits Presentation
• Appleseed Releases New Report on Nebraska's Meatpacking Workers Bill of Rights Read the Full Appleseed Report | Read the Executive Summary | Read the Press Release
• Safe food comes from a safe workplace: Release of “Fast Food Nation” movie puts meatpacking work conditions back in public eye Read the Full Appleseed Statement | Download a printable Post Card to Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns - tell him to Slow Down The Line!
• Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation Program Overview
• Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation Program Booklet
• Immigration Detainees in Nebraska: An Opportunity to Welcome Our Newest Neighbors
• Public Benefits for Immigrants in Nebraska
• Report and Recommendations, Governor Mike Johanns' Task Force on the Impacts of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Enforcement (Operation Vanguard)
• Press Release, Endorsement of INS Task Force Recommendations
• Financial Education Brochures: in English and Español! (w/ Texas Appleseed)
• Guide for Nonprofit Organizations: How to Better Serve Unbanked Immigrants and Latinos (w/ Texas Appleseed)
• In State Tuition Laws
• Higher Education Now More Affordable For Some Immigrant Students In Nebraska English | Español

Appleseed

• Banking in a Global Market: A Financial Institution Guide for Offering International Remittance Services | Supplement | Executive Summary | Press Release
• Guide to Local Police and Federal Immigration Enforcement | Press Release
• Creating a Fair Playing Field for Consumers: The Need for Transparency in the US-Mexico Remittance Market
• Expanding Immigrant Access to Mainstream Financial Services: Positive Practices
• Next Steps for Improving Immigrant Access to Financial Services: Conclusions from a National Convening
• Banking Immigrant Communities: A Toolkit for Banks and Credit Unions

Other Organizations

• Working for a Better Life: A Profile of Immigrants in the New York State Economy (Fiscal Policy Institute)
• Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children (Urban Institute)
• The Dream Lives On: New Immigrants/New Opportunities for Nebraska (Task Force on the Productive Integration of Immigrant Workforce Population)
• Educational Achievement and the Successful Integration of Latinos in Nebraska (OLLAS - UNO)
• Abuses Against Workers Taint U.S. Meat and Poultry (Human Rights Watch) | GAO
• Myths and Facts about Immigration (American Immigration Lawyers Association)
• Immigration Reform Principles (NAOC) English and Spanish
• Immigrants, Skills, and Wages: Measuring the Economic Gains from Immigration (Immigration Policy Center)
• Detention Center Visit Training Manual (Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center)
• Detention Center Visit Manual – Attachments (Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center)
• DREAM Act summary: Educational opportunity for immigrant students (Fair Immigration Reform Movement)
• The Health and Well-Being of Young Children of Immigrants (Urban Institute)
• The Integration of the Hispanic/Latino Immigrant Workforce Final Project Report
• The Quality of Life Study of Latino Parents in Lincoln, NE (UNL Latino Research Institute)
• All Under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform (Urban Institute)
• Sowing the Seeds of Hope (National Council of La Raza)
• Groundswell Meets Groundwork: Preliminary Recommendations for Building on Immigrant Mobilizations The Four Freedoms Fund and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
• Courtesy of OLLAS and designs by Yuriko Doku and Lucy Garza: stickers to print for all the future Latino voter registration events. Lista Para Votar | Listo Para Votar

Access to Justice

• Indigent Defense System Update 10/2005 (Nebraska Minority & Justice Task Force)
• Minority & Justice Task Force Progress Report 02/2005 (Nebraska Minority & Justice Task Force)
• Minority & Justice Task Force Progress Report 02/2004 (Nebraska Minority & Justice Task Force)
• Rural Pro Bono Delivery: A Guide to Pro Bono Legal Services in Rural Areas (American Bar Association)

Building Democracy

• Unlock Your Vote: Ex-Felon? Off Paper? Register and Vote Brochure (Nebraska Voting Rights Coalition & League of Women Voters) English | Español
• Vote Nebraska Initiative Final Report

General

• Savvy Media Relations for a Cause
• A Brief Report on 2005 and Plans for 2006
• “The New Culture War” Speech by Executive Director Milo Mumgaard to Lincoln/Lancaster Women’s Commission on Receipt of Erasmus Correll Award, March 10, 2006
• Nebraska Appleseed Newsletter Summer 2005
• Nebraska Appleseed Annual Report 2004