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REPORT: State of Working Rhode Island 2007 (12.07)
The Poverty Institute's biennial study that documents trends in wages, occupations, unemployment, and the state's workforce
REPORT: Red Flags for RIte Care (11.07)
Enrollment in the RIte Care program has been declining since 2004 with precipitous declines since January 2007
REPORT: Income Gains and Charitable Giving Among Wealthy Rhode Island Taxpayers Exceed Neighbors (9.07)
Income gains among the wealthiest Rhode Islander's are exceeding those of our New England neighbors and charitable contributions by the wealthy have been stronger than neighboring states.
PRESENTATION: General Overview of public benefits:
The Poverty Institute and the URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America recently presented information about public benefit programs in Rhode Island.
REPORT: FY2008 State Budget Wrap-Up
Includes highlights of the General Assembly's decisions regarding state revenues and expenditures for the coming year.
REPORT: 2006 Rhode Island Standard of Need (1.07)
The Poverty Institute finds that it costs $50,000 a year to live and raise a family in Rhode Island. What a family needs to earn depends
largely on whether they are eligible for tax credits and work supports like child care and health care subsidies.
2003 Rhode Island Standard of Need
REPORT: The Status of Women in Rhode Island - A mid-decade report (1.07)
This study, commissioned by the Women's Fund of Rhode Island and written by the Poverty Institute, measures how well Rhode Island women are doing on several indicators including political participation, employment and earnings, social and economic autonomy, and health and well-being.
REPORT: The Other Side of the Ledger: Options for Raising State Revenues (Tax Facts Issue #6) (1.07)
The Poverty Institute's report proposes several areas where the state could start to address weaknesses in the revenue side of the ledger.
FACT SHEET: Census Data 2006: Situation of low-income working families in Rhode Island remains bleak despite four years of economic recovery
The latest census data on poverty, health insurance, wages, and more.
PRESENTATION: Public Benefits Training
Training on changes to public benefit programs including The Family Independence Program, RIte Care, and Child Care Assistance.
PRESENTATION: RIte Care State Law Changes (9.06)
The Poverty Institute's presentation illustrating the changes made to the RIte Care Program.
PRESENTATION: Citizenship Verification (9.06)
The Poverty Institute's powerpoint about the new Medical Assistance Citizenship Documentation Rule .
REPORT: TABOR in Rhode Island? A Fiscal Nightmare for the Ocean State (Tax Facts Issue #5) (7.06)
As the Supreme Court prepares to decide whether Governor Carcieri has the authority to place non-binding questions on the ballot, the Poverty Institute has prepared a one-page brief on the severe problems with the question that asks voters whether the Constitution should be amended to include a tax expenditure limit.
For more information about the disastrous consequences of tax expenditure limits, visit http://www.cbpp.org/ssl-series.htm
PRESENTATION: Tax Expenditure Limits: A Bad Idea for Rhode Island (6.15.06)
The Poverty Institute's powerpoint about the problems with tax expenditure limits presented to the Central RI Chamber of Commerce.
PRESENTATION: The Family Independence Program (4.27.06)
The Poverty Institute's presentation which provides an overview of Rhode Island's Family Independence Program (FIP).
PRESENTATION: TANF Reauthorization: What does it mean for families and states? (4.27.06)
A presentation by Liz Schott from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
PRESENTATION: RI Taxes and Economic Development: Presentation to the Joint Committee on Economic Development (4.5.06)
Ellen Frank's presentation: RI Taxes and Economic Development.
PRESENTATION: The importance of welfare, child care and health care to female headed households.
REPORT: Starting RIte Child Care: The Right Start for Children, Families and Rhode Island (4.06)
This report, sponsored by the Women's Fund of Rhode Island, examines the outcomes of and changes to the Starting RIte program in Rhode Island over the past seven years since its inception.
REPORT: 2006 Tax Expenditure Report Analysis (Tax Facts Issue #4) (4.06)
This report documents the purpose and cost of tax breaks, incentives, exemptions, and other expenditures.
REPORT: Why Medicaid Matters to Rhode Island (4.06)
This report documents the breadth and scope of Medicaid funding in Rhode Island.
REPORT: Rhode Island's Personal Income Tax (Tax Facts Issue #3) (3.06)
Rhode Island should not cut personal income taxes of top earners in the state as it is unnecessary and unaffordable.
REPORT: Rhode Island's Disappearing Corporate Income Tax (Tax Facts Issue #2) (3.06)
Read about how RI's corporate income tax collections are the lowest in the country.
REPORT: Capital Gains (Tax Facts Issue #1) (3.06)
Rhode Island cannot afford to eliminate taxes on Capital Gains.
REPORT: Pulling Apart: Synopsis of Income Inequality in Rhode Island
Read a summary of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report on income inequality in Rhode Island.
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