Earned benefits can be a crucial way for lower-income workers and their families – or anyone having trouble covering basic expenses – to achieve financial stability by bridging the gap between what they earn and what they need to pay the bills. For instance, through the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credits alone, a single parent with two kids making $8 per hour will receive closer to $11 per hour.
Earned benefits mean more than helping a vulnerable family to make ends meet. Earned Benefits mean that individuals and families have access to the resources – like healthy foods and medical care – that they and their communities need to thrive.
The National Human Service Assembly and Earned Benefit Toolkit is specifically designed to do effective benefits outreach in the non-profit workplace. Materials include everything an HR professional or employee supervisor needs in order to understand what benefits are out there and how to connect their teams with them, including: an easy-to-use guide, fliers, posters, paycheck stuffers, and more.
The Family Strengthening Policy Center was developed with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.