FES Resources

The Family Economic Security Program continues to produce and distribute various tools and resources for our partners.

WOW will be transferring its communications system in the coming months. Please click the following link to sign up to receive updates after September 2011 -- click here to sign up for more of WOW's e-updates.

Weekly Policy Updates
The FES program at WOW publishes a policy update every week and distributes it to our partners every Friday afternoon. The Update includes information on actions and events on the Hill, important news on issues related to family economic security from across the country, mention of our state partners in the press, communications and messaging tips, information about upcoming events, and more. To get a copy of our policy update delivered right to your inbox every Friday, send an email with your contact information to Matt Unrath, FES Program Associate, at munrath@wowonline.org. To view our most recent weekly policy update, click on the following link -- Weekly Policy Update for September 16th, 2011.

ARRA Updates
The FES program also distributes a Recovery Act Update every Monday - detailing how federal agencies have used ARRA funds and highlight progress reports issued by the same and other agencies on the impact of these projects. Click on the following link to to download the most recent ARRA updates (WOW ARRA Update - 9.16.11). If you would like to receive WOW's ARRA Update in your inbox every Monday afternoon, send an email to Matt Unrath at munrath@wowonline.org.

Additional Resources
Bringing the Concept and Measure of Self-Sufficiency to Life: A Guide to Online Self-Sufficiency Tools - resources and guide to for creating and using an online self-sufficiency calculator.

WOW Statement on Draft Legislation to Create a Modern Poverty Measure - WOW's press statement from 2008 on the announcement of an initiative to modernize poverty measurements.