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July 15, 2010 - Double-Dip Media Frenzy: Voice Your Own Opinion Here
May 14, 2010 - Microfinance USA puts Savings on the Table
April 30, 2010 - Homeowners Tax Credit Expires Today - the Start of a Double Dip?

August 31, 2010 - CNN
City helps families save for college
August 31, 2010 - San Francisco Examiner
Displaced Fillmore residents to see funds

July 8, 2010 - MSN Money
Why you need to put your money in a bank or credit union
July 6, 2010 - Change.org
Individual Development Accounts Are the Next Big Thing
July 4, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
Special savings accounts can help break cycle of poverty

Summer 2010 - Stanford Social Innovation Review
What's Next: Big Payoffs from Small Savings

June 28, 2010 - Walletpop
San Francisco introduces 'Kindergarten to College' savings program

June 23, 2010 - MSN Money
Find a personal money coach, free
June 13, 2010 - Childhood Matters
Community Report: College Savings Accounts
June 9, 2010 - AOL News
Job Growth Won't Float All Boats
June 6, 2010 - KPIX CBS5
SF Proposes College Savings for Kindergartners
May 29, 2010 - Associated Press
SF mayor wants college accounts for kindergartners
June 2, 2010 - Wall Street Journal
IDAs Offer Small Boost To Aspiring Entrepreneurs 

May 28, 2010 - San Francisco Chronicle
Newsom seeks college accounts for kindergarteners
Issue 23 - Patterns
Behavior Change at Scale: Policy Gets Personal
April 22, 2010 - San Francisco Chronicle
S.F.'s 'second chance' banking going national
April 13, 2010 - National Journal
Can We Trust The Housing Recovery?
April 8, 2010 - ABC7 KGO-TV
Fed vice chairman warns of slow recovery
April 1, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal
Homeownership for Everyone?

February 5, 2010 - A Wanted Mag
The Power of Every Dollar Saved
February 3, 2010 - MSN Money
Living with Less: Get Paid to Save Money

February 2, 2010 - KPSI 920-AM
Building Up The Middle Class
January 27, 2010 - AOL Sphere
Opinion: Path to Prosperity Starts With Savings
January 8, 2010 - AOL Sphere
Opinion: What's Ahead for Jobs in 2010?
December 8, 2009 - Financial Times
A chance to lift the hardworking out of poverty
November 27, 2009 - San Francisco Business Times
SaveTogether uses donors’ dollars to boost saving
September 24, 2009 - Mycro.org
Savings, Microfinance, and the Unbanked in San Francisco
    July 30, 2009 - Marin Independent Journal
Marin foundation will spend $15 million to end 'cycle of poverty'
July 28, 2009 - San Francisco Business Times
Foundation commits $15M to fight Marin poverty
May 2009 - ConsumerReports.org
Personal Investing: Five Savings Strategies
May 1, 2009 - Fast Company magazine
Fast Cities: San Francisco
March 3, 2009
EARN CEO Blogs about mobile tech in the asset building field
The Untapped Potential of Mobile Phones
January 11, 2009 - 98.1 KISS FM
Nurse Rona's Community Forum

Saving Money in Hard Economic Times (17:45)
December 13, 2008 - The New York Times
Coaches for a Game of Money
December 10, 2008 - KALW 91.7
Newsmaker: Ben Mangan
October 3, 2008 - San Francisco Business Times
Bank takeovers could shortchange charities
                                 August 31, 2008 - Market Watch Life & Money
Saving Against Steep Odds
May 28, 2008 - KALW 91.7
A Conversation with EARN CEO Ben Mangan (click the MP3 button)
               April 21, 2008 - ABC7 KGO-TV
Beyond the Headlines: Working Women
             April 14, 2008 - KPIX CBS 5
Savings Match Program Helps SF Entrepreneur
           April 11, 2008 - NPR Marketplace Money
Individual development accounts
March 2008 - Childhood Matters
The Cost of Living in the Bay Area
December 2007 - San Francisco Magazine
American Dream catcher
December 7, 2007 - San Francisco Examiner
Nonprofit Honors Real Estate Community
October 1, 2007 – Weekly Phil
Helping People Believe Homeownership is Possible

August 27, 2007 – Weekly Phil
Earning Assets Just Got Easier
July 15, 2007 – Oakland Tribune
IDAs can propel you into home ownership
April 16, 2007 – American Banker
Baby, Have These States Got Some Plans For You
January 5, 2007 – ABC7 KGO-TV
ABC7 News: Program Helps Low-Wage Earners Save

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October 4-10, 2006 – Bohemian.com
To Have and to Hold: Asset-building as an antipoverty strategy


 SanFranciscoSentinel.com

October 3, 2006 – San Francisco Sentinel
City program welcomes those without bank accounts to reputable financial institutions

October 2006 – Benefit Magazine
EARNing the American Dream - Helping low-income families buy their own homes

September 11, 2006 – Investment News
FPA chapter launches pro bono effort

August 26, 2006 – San Francisco Chronicle
Teaching business methods to Chinese immigrants

May 11, 2006 – Forbes.com
EARN opens 1000th Individual Development Account

February 15, 2006 – San Francisco Chronicle
Ben Mangan and Eric Weaver: Using Tax Policy for Social Outcomes

February 7, 2006 - Financial Planning Association of San Francisco
San Francisco Earned Asset Resource Network (EARN)

October 19, 2005 – San Francisco Examiner
Tamara Grippi: The Challenges of Saving

September 18, 2005 – San Francisco Chronicle
Ilana DeBare: S.F. Group Helping the Poor to Build Their Assets
   September 1, 2005 – The Foundation Center
Spotlight on EARN

August 19-25, 2005 San Francisco Business Times
Sarah Duxbury: S.F. Nonprofit Helps Poor Develop Saving Habits

August 11, 2005 – Market Watch
Some of America's Poorest are Saving the Most  
August 11, 2005 – Hoovers
EARN Helps Bay Area's Poorest Households to Save at Rates Consistently Above the National Savings Rate »

July 28, 2005 – Modern Progressive

Asset Building and EARN »
April 10, 2005 – Sacramento Bee
Anne Stuhldreher and Ben Mangan: Joining the 'Ownership Society' »
March 28, 2005 – Associated Press
Eileen Alt Powell: On the Money—Learning to Save »

February 28, 2005 – Business Week

Jesse Hempel: Savings Plan with a Heart »
February 3, 2005 – San Francisco Chronicle
Rachel Gordon: S.F. bonus for families earning IRS tax credit First payments expected this fall »
January, 2005 – Fast Company Magazine
The Change Masters—Meet the winners of the 2005 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards »
January 2005 – The California Journal
Ray Boshara and Anne Stuhldreher: Building Assets—What Should California Do Now? »
November 22, 2004 – NPR's Morning Edition
Program Aims to Help Low-Income Families Save »

July/August 2004 – Children's Advocate

Eve Pearlman: Saving for the Future »
May 21, 2004 – Sing Tao Daily
Michael Sze, Earned Assets Resource Network: Savings Program for the Low-Income—One Dollar Saved Can Turn into Three Dollars »



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