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Our mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

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BTC Report

Lessons from North Carolina: SNAP/FNS Employment and Training Programs

Know Your Rights

Know Your Rights: Your Employment and COVID-19

BTC Brief

Sound Unemployment Insurance that serves workers is critical

Fact Sheet

Immigrant Access to Health Care & Benefits in Time of Emergency

N.C. Property Tax Relief: Helping Families Without Harming Communities

Prosperity Watch

N.C. workers still aren’t earning enough to meet basic needs

Fact Sheet

“Public Charge” Rule: Getting the Help You Need

Prosperity Watch

Housing unaffordable for half of N.C. renters

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Consumer & Housing

STATEMENT: Gov. Cooper’s order helps protect North Carolina families from public service utility shutoffs during pandemic

Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project

STATEMENT: State, local leaders must act now to reduce numbers of people in NC prisons to mitigate catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19

Budget & Tax Center

Latest employment data: COVID-19 outbreak revealing North Carolina’s economic vulnerability

Consumer & Housing

State and local groups call on governor to extend prohibition of utility shut-offs and other measures to all unregulated utilities

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