POLICY BRIEFING
June 2008
On June 13, The Hatcher Group organized and moderated a Capitol Hill policy briefing on The Brooking Institution’s new EITC report: “Metro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan Workers and Families.” The panel, which was comprised of experts from the Hill, state advocacy organizations, and the United Kingdom, discussed the economic and societal benefits to expanding the EITC to help more low-income workers.
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Read the press release
Read the Philadelphia Inquirer's Editorial
HATCHER GROUP BLOG
May 2008
The Hatcher Group has launched a new blog that focuses on online outreach for non-profits and foundations.
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CONGRESSIONAL FIELD HEARING
April 2008
The Hatcher Group is working with the No Child Left Inside Coaliton to promote environmental education legislation known as the No Child Left Inside Act. As part of these efforts, The Hatcher Group publicized a House committee field hearing in April. The hearing included testimony from Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and leading environmental education experts.
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Go to the No Child Left Inside Coalition website
OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
April 2008
On April 1, YouthBuild USA and Think.mtv.com co-hosted an unprecedented town hall for hundreds of low-income youth from across the nation. The Hatcher Group’s outreach efforts led to coverage of the event in the media, on blogs and other on-line outlets, allowing youth to raise their voices and policy recommendations for reducing poverty in America.
Read the media advisory
View video highlights from the event
REPORT RELEASE AND POLICY FORUM
March 2008
The Hatcher Group spearheaded media outreach and assisted in planning a media/policy forum for the release of a new report on vacant and abandoned properties in Ohio. The report, completed by Community Research Partners and ReBuild Ohio, gained widespread coverage throughout the state.
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Read the media coverage
View an electronic invitation
NEW
STAFF MEMBER
Veteran journalist and author Amy Saltzman
joins The Hatcher Group.
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Read National Journal article
DOCUMENTARY
AND DISCUSSION GUIDE
February
2008 
Pursuit of the Dream: Cars & Jobs in America, a new documentary
DVD produced for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, illustrates the importance
of affordable, reliable transportation for building the economic success
of low-income families. The Hatcher Group managed the production of the
DVD and discussion guide and is executing a national dissemination strategy.
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View clips
of the documentary
Read the discussion guide
NEW
REPORT
January 2008
Hatcher
Group Senior Associate Tom Waldron is the author of a report published
recently by The Abell Foundation in Baltimore analyzing issues related
to firearms trafficking in the city. The study relied on interviews
with police and other enforcement officials, prosecutors, researchers
and experts in gun-control issues.
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the report
REPORT
RELEASE
November
2007
The Hatcher Group recently
managed the release of a major new report, “Unlocking America:
Why and How to Reduce America’s Prison Population.” As
part of its outreach, The Hatcher Group organized a major event at the
National Press Club on November 19 attended by more than 120 policymakers,
advocates, and journalists. The event was covered live by C-Span and by
CNN, CBS, Reuters, the New York Times and National Public Radio, among
many others.
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the report
Read the press release
Read
the media coverage
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