ACORN's accelerated income redistribution project: A program evaluation

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-381

  Brooks, Fred ^a   Russell, Daniel ^b   Fisher, Robert ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now; Community organizing; Earned income tax credit; Voluntary income tax assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744815691     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505285673     Document Type: Article

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